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Socio-Economic and Caste Census

2011- Urban

Instruction Manual for Enumerators

MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY

ALLEVIATION

National Buildings Organisation

Government of India

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SL.NO. CONTENT PAGE NO.

Table of contents 1

Chapter -1 Introduction 2-6

Chapter-2 Updating of abridged house list and updating /

preparation of layout map and numbering of buildings and census houses

7-17

Chapter-3 Concepts and definitions 18-24

Chapter-4 Socio-Economic And Caste Census 2011 -

Schedule

25-62

Side A

Block A Identification Particulars

Block B NPR Schedule

Block C Abridged House list

Block D Individual Particulars

Side B

Block E Household Particulars

Section 1 Housing /Dwelling

Section 2 Amenities

Section 3 Assets

Block F Mandatory Declaration

Annexure I List of Material in Enumerator’s Kit 63-64

Annexure II Basic steps for Socio-economic and Caste Census

2011

65-66

Annexure III Flow Chart for Direct Capturing of Socio-economic

Data from Field

67

Annexure IV Roles and Responsibilities of Enumerators 68-69

Annexure V Guidelines for Numbering of Buildings/Census

Houses and Preparation of Layout Map

70-75

Annexure VI Updating the Abridged House List (AHL) 76-81

Annexure VII Gender Issues in the Socio Economic and Caste

Census 2011

82-83

Annexure VIII FAQ : Clarifications for questions on Caste / Tribe

name

84-85

Urban Questioner 86-87

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

The Government of India has decided to conduct the Socio Economic and Caste

Census in the year 2011. The Socio Economic and Caste Census would be carried out by

the respective State/Union Territory Governments with the financial and technical support

of the Government of India. The Socio-economic and Caste Census shall take place from

30th

June, 2011 to 31st December, 2011 in different States and Union Territories. This is

the first time that such an exercise is being conducted in the country.

You are privileged to have been chosen as an enumerator. As an enumerator, you

are performing a duty which is of great national importance. While it is a matter of pride

for you, it is at the same time, a great responsibility. You have to fulfill all the tasks

assigned to you with sincerity and devotion.

About The Enumerator's Manual

This instruction manual is a broad guideline for filling up the survey questionnaires/

schedule. Although every attempt has been made to cover all the issues which may

generally be encountered in filling up the survey schedules, there may be rare

occurrences when there is some ambiguity. You are requested to check with the

supervisors or Nodal Officers of the state for clarifications. You may also contact the

Core Group at Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India,

New Delhi, in case you need further clarifications.

Please read this manual carefully before you start the enumeration procedure. It is

advisable that you carry a copy of this manual with you during the survey. For this

manual, HH is used for convenience. HH refers to households. There are also filled in

schedules which are used as examples. While these are useful to understand the survey

concepts and definitions, these should only be treated as examples. The main duties of an

Enumerator before, during and after conduct of the Socio Economic and Caste Census

are detailed below:

Before you begin collecting data for the Socio Economic and Caste Census

• Attend the training classes, study the Questionnaire and manual carefully and

understand all the instructions thoroughly. If any part of the instructions is not

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clear, ask your trainer or supervisor for clarifications.

• Obtain all the material needed for the Socio Economic and Caste Census which

also includes the List of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes pertaining to your

State/UT before you leave the training centre at the end of the last training

session. The list of material that would be provided to you as part of your toolkit

is given in Annexure I.

• Ensure that you have been issued an Appointment Letter in the prescribed format

and duly signed by the competent authority

• Ensure that you have been issued an Identity Card in the prescribed format and

duly signed by the competent authority

• You should always carry your Appointment Letter and display your identity card

whenever you go for enumeration work

• In order to ensure complete coverage of all the buildings and houses, households

and persons during the Socio Economic and Caste Census, it would be necessary

to locate and identify each and every house and structure in your Enumeration

Block along with all such places where houseless population may live. Therefore,

it would be essential for you to go round the block or village or area assigned and

become familiar with it and its main features

• Before undertaking the work of SECC, please establish proper rapport with the

people of your assigned Enumeration Blocks (EB)s by contacting elderly and

prominent persons and explaining to them the purpose of your visit.

Introductory dialogue:

"Good morning. I am <enumerator name>. Accompanying me, is <data entry operator

name>. We are here to solicit your participation in helping us collect data for the Socio

Economic and Caste Census. The information you give will be compiled to help the

government deliver benefits of schemes more effectively and also formulate

policies/schemes for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. This Census is being

conducted to collect socio-economic information related to the household. The

information we collect will be displayed at various places in the Municipal

corporation/council office and can be verified at the ward offices subsequently. We will

also be issuing you an acknowledgement slip after collecting your information. Your

honest cooperation in this process is solicited for this purpose. "

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During the Socio Economic and Caste Census

• You will be accompanied by a Data Entry Operator (DEO) for the enumeration work.

He/she will be carrying a Hand Held Device (HHD), also called a Tablet PC to enter

the data into the preloaded software as you conduct the enumeration. Please ensure

that your DEO has a unique ID and password to record the data being collected.

• When you visit any household, never rush through the questionnaire. Always approach

the respondent with a smile and proper salutation. Explain briefly the objective of your

visit and then proceed with your brief introduction. Please show your identity card to

the respondent before you begin the enumeration. Your friendly appearance, courtesy

and a few well chosen words can put the respondent at ease and in a right state of mind

to answer all your questions willingly and correctly. This will also make your job

easier, interesting and useful

• Do NOT collect information from a non-household member or through a group of

persons. This is a door-to-door census of ALL households across India. As much as

possible, ensure that there are no other persons present except household members

during the interview.

• The respondent should typically be a household member (male or female) who is

knowledgeable and able to answer questions about the family; avoid minor children as

respondents.

• Be polite (esp. do not get into a confrontation with the respondent; never force the

respondent)

• Be sensitive (e.g., female respondent)

• Be honest (esp. don't promise benefits or make false promises)

• Follow the exact order of the questionnaire, block by block

• Do not prompt the respondent or ask leading questions — record the respondent's

response accurately using the list of codes provided for that particular- question.

• Rely solely on self-declared information; do not ask for documents to verify

• Go around the Enumeration Block and identify its boundaries and other land marks with

the help of the particulars contained in the Abridged House List (AHL) of your

Enumeration Block

• Update/prepare the Layout Map of your Enumeration Block provided to you. The

procedure for this is discussed in the subsequent Chapter

• Visit each and every house without exception and have the information entered in the

Handheld Device correctly and completely.

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• Simultaneously update Section 2, 3 and 4 of the Abridged House List. The procedure

for this is discussed in the subsequent Chapter

• Enumerate the houseless population on the designated days after all other households in

the EB have been canvassed.

• All households in the EB, without exception, must be canvassed. Do not begin work on

the next EB without canvassing all households in your allocated EB.

• Ensure that no house that is officially a part of the EB is left during the process of

survey. If an entire household is temporarily unavailable (e.g., away from the town at

the time of the first visit), make repeated visits during enumeration in the EB. In case,

you are not able to track a particular household after repeated visits, the Supervisor

must record the name of the household head and reason for unavailability in the

prescribed format based on the information obtained from the neighboring households

in the EB.

• All homeless households are also to be surveyed. Houseless households are those that

do not live in residential buildings or Census houses but live in the open or roadside,

pavements, staircases, or in the open in places of worship, mandaps, railway

platforms, community buildings etc.

• The data from the HHD carried by the DEO must be uploaded at the charge centre

every day. In case the charge centre is located at a considerable distance from the EB,

please make sure that the data from the HHD is uploaded at least once in 48 hours.

• Prepare Enumerator's Abstract (in duplicate) after canvassing all households in the EB,

get it signed by your supervisor and keep the duplicate copy for your record.

• Handover the updated Layout Map, updated AHL, Enumerator's Abstract, Certificate of

complete coverage, filled in Acknowledgement Slip booklet (s) with all the unused

slips and inventory of used/unused material to your supervisor.

After the Socio Economic and Caste Census

You will be paid a training allowance of Rs. 150 for each day of Training that you attend

(This will be paid to reserve enumerator also)

After you hand over the enumerator's abstract for all EBs completed, you will he paid an

Honorarium of Rs. 3000 for each Enumeration Block that you are assigned to cover.

(Honorarium will not be paid to reserve enumerators if they are not deployed for field

work)

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You will also be paid a travelling allowance of Rs. 150 for each day of field work

(Travelling allowance will not be paid to reserve enumerators if they are not deployed for

field work). The maximum travelling allowance allowable per enumeration block will be

for 10 days.

During the course of your training all the points mentioned above will be explained to

you in detail. It is essential that you should pay attention during the training sessions.

Please ask your trainer to explain any concept that you find difficult to understand or

clear any doubts before you begin enumeration. In case you still have any doubts in the

field, please also take down the mobile phone number of your supervisor and the Charge

Officer so that you can also contact them in times of need. We wish you all the best. We

are sure you will fulfill this important duty honestly within the time assigned and with

full attention to quality.

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Chapter 2

UPDATING OF ABRIDGED HOUSELIST AND UPDATING / PREPARATION

OF LAYOUT MAP AND NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS AND CENSUS HOUSES

You have been provided with an Abridged Houselist (AHL) and a copy of the

Layout Map relating to the Enumeration Block assigned to you. In this chapter you will

learn about these and how to update them.

Enumeration Block (EB)/Sub-Block: The Enumeration Block (EB) is the basic building

Block for enumeration. 100-125 households with a population of 650-700 persons

generally constitute an EB. The EBs carved out during the population enumeration phase

of Census 2011 would be used for the Socio Economic and Caste Census also. The details

of the Enumeration Blocks assigned to you are mentioned in your Appointment Letter.

Please familiarize yourself with the details. In the rare event that a new EB has to be

carved out please follow the instructions laid down later on in this Chapter.

Identification Particulars: Every State/UT, Tehsil/Taluk/Police Station/Development

Block/Circle/Mandal, Village/Town and EB have a distinct code. The Codes of the area

assigned to you is also mentioned in your Appointment Letter. It is important for you to

familiarize yourself with all these Codes. Please ensure that the correct EB is loaded in the

handheld device and that the data entry operator has entered the correct serial number of

the household before you start asking the questions.

Abridged Houselist (AHL): The list of households with the name of the head of

household, that were present in a particular EB during the Census 2011, called the

Abridged Houselist (AHL) has been made available to you. You will have to update the

AHL. Since the Census has just been completed, large scale variations from the AHL are

generally not anticipated. However, in case large changes are noted, you should intimate

your supervisor. The supervisor will personally inspect such EBs and ensure that the

variations are genuine. The method of updating the AHL is explained later on in this

Chapter. Annexure -VI

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House Numbering: At the time of Census 2011, all buildings, Census houses and

households were assigned numbers. You have to check whether the building/Census

house numbers recorded in the Abridged House List (AHL) provided to you actually exist

on the buildings/Census houses. If the numbers are not visible at the time of your visit,

you are required to re-write them with the help of Abridged Houselist. Please use the

chalk or tailors marker provided in the kit to neatly number the house. There may be new

houses/buildings or households that may be found during your visit, which are not found

in the AHL provided to you. You will have to assign new numbers to such

houses/buildings or households. Here it is important to note that all such numbers

assigned by you should be written down in the AHL. The process of assigning new

numbers and updating AHL is described later on in this Chapter. Annexure. V

Layout Map: A Layout Map is a free hand drawing, not drawn to scale containing

building and house numbers. The Layout Map depicts not only the buildings occupied by

households but also all areas whether covered by buildings, fields, empty spaces etc. The

objective of the Layout Map is to ensure complete coverage of the area assigned to you.

The Layout Map of the EB assigned to you has already been provided. Please ensure that

it is the correct one before you leave the training class. In case, the Layout Map is not

available for some reason or the EB is a newly formed one, then a new Layout Map will

have to be prepared. The process of updating the Layout Map and preparing new Layout

Map is described later on. Annexure –V.

It is important to note at this point that all new building/house numbers assigned by you

should be marked in the Layout Map.

Enumeration Blocks

1. The Enumeration Block (EB) is the basic building Block for enumeration. The

purpose of demarcating an EB is to ensure complete coverage of an area without

omission or duplication as also equitable distribution of workload to the extent

possible.

2. The Census 2011 was conducted in two phases. The first phase called the

Houselisting and Housing Census was conducted between April and September

2010. During this phase, each administrative area was divided into Houselisting

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Blocks (HLBs). The NPR Schedule was canvassed in all the normal households

found at this phase in each HLB.

3. The second phase of Census 2011 was called Population Enumeration. This was

conducted in February-March 2011. Enumeration Blocks (EB) and Sub-Blocks

were formed during this field operation. The EB/Sub-Block assigned to you for the

Socio Economic and Caste Census are the same ones that were carved out during

the second phase of Census 2011.

4. Please note that the HLB number has four digits. An EB/Sub-Block number will

have 5 digits; 4 digits for the EB and the last digit for the Sub-Block. If there is no

Sub-Block of a HLB, the first four digits of the EB number will usually be the

same as the corresponding HLB number.

Example:

EB No. –

5. 100-125 households with a population of 650-700 persons would generally

constitute an EB/Sub-Block.

6. However, there may be a few cases where the Charge Officer may find locations

which were not covered during the Population Enumeration phase of Census 2011.

In such cases, the Charge Officer would have carved out a new EB or would have

formed a Sub-Block. A distinct EB Number with or without Sub-Block Number

would have been assigned and the jurisdiction/boundaries clearly demarcated. You

should thoroughly familiarize yourself with the area assigned to you. Please clarify

any doubts regarding the EB with your Supervisor and Charge Officer.

7. Your first task is to go round the EB and locate its boundaries. The details of

prominent landmarks, houses, buildings and households will be available in the

AHL and Layout Map provided to you. Please locate the starting point usually

numbered as “1” in the Layout Map and systematically cover all the inhabitants of

the EB without any omission or duplication. Arrow marks on the Layout Map will

indicate the direction in which the original Census had been conducted. Follow the

same route. This will make your task much easier and ensure systematic coverage

of the area assigned to you.

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Abridged House List

You will notice that the Abridged Houselist provided to you has several sections.

On the cover page (Section 1), you will find the Identification Particulars of the EB

assigned to you. The Identification Particulars consists of the following:

State Name and Code

District Name and Code

Tehsil/Taluk/Police Station/Dev.Block/Circle/Mandal Name and Code

Village/Town Name and Code

Ward Code (in Urban Area)

Enumeration Block Number/Sub-Block Number

Please ensure with reference to the Appointment Letter issued to you that the

correct AHL has been given. Please also ensure from the Data Entry Operator that the

NPR images of the correct Enumeration Block have been loaded on the hand-held device.

Section 2 of the AHL has the following 10 Columns

1. Serial No.

2. Houselisting Block Number

3. Building Number

4. Census House Number

5. Purpose for which the Census House is used

6. Household Number

7. Name of the Head of the Household

8. Serial No. of the Household

9. Dates of visit/re-visit

10. Remarks

All the households along with the name of the head of the household that had been present

during the first phase of Census have been noted in this section. Scanned images of all

such households have been loaded in the Hand Held Device (HHD). The following steps

may then be followed:

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• Please check the entry in the AHL and ascertain whether the present household is

the same by asking the name of the head of the household.

• If the household is the same, please ask the data entry operator to enter the serial

number of the household (Col. 8 of Sec. 2 of AHL) in the HHD.

• The scanned image of the household will appear on the screen of the HHD.

• Now proceed to confirm the presence of each member noted in the scanned image

of the NPR form.

The following four situations may arise:

a) The same member exists: in such a case ask the DEO to choose the

appropriate option on the screen and enter the Name, Gender and Date of Birth

of the member as written in the NPR form.

b) The member noted in the NPR form has migrated out of the household but

is present elsewhere in the same EB: In such a case ask the DEO to choose

the appropriate option on the screen and proceed to the next person. Please note

that servants, paying guests, workers etc. who had been included as part of the

same household during the Census should be treated as separate household. In

such cases also this option can be used.

c) The member noted in the NPR form has migrated out of the household and

is not present in the same EB: In such a case ask the DEO to choose the

appropriate option on the screen and proceed to the next person.

d) The member noted in the NPR form has expired: In such a case ask the

DEO to choose the appropriate option on the screen and proceed to the next

person.

Once you have exhausted all the persons noted in the NPR form, ask the respondent

whether any new members need to be included in the household. If they say yes, then ask

the DEO to enter the details of the new members systematically. Please confirm from the

respondent that all the members of the household have been covered without any

omission.

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• Please note down the status of each member in the remarks column of the

AHL against each household:

1. Available

2. Migrated out of HH but present in EB

3. Migrated out of EB

4. Expired

5. New members added

6. House Locked

7. Refused to answer

Example:- The NPR form shows five members in the household. Out of this, three

members found in the form continue to be members of the same household. Two others

have migrated out of the household but are present within the same EB. There is also the

addition of one new member in the household. In such a case, in the remarks col. the entry

should be made as follows:

Col. 10 Remarks

Code No. of

Persons

1 3

2 2

5 1

Section 3 of the AHL

This section of the AHL will have the details of the households that were not present

at the time of the first phase of the Census (Houselisting) but were found during the

second phase of the Census (Population Enumeration). In such cases, scanned images of

the NPR form will not be available. Here the data entry operator will enter the serial

number of the household as found in col. 8 of the AHL and enter the details in a blank

schedule. Here too, enter the remarks in the AHL as explained in the example above.

New households found during the SECC which was not there during the Census

should also be entered in Section 3 of the AHL. The procedure for this is explained below.

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Procedure for entering details of new households found during the SECC

First, draw a line after the last entry in Section 3. Entries for all the new households

should be made below this line. Note the last serial number before the line. The first new

household should be given the next number. For example, if the last serial number entered

during the Census was 75 then the first new household should be given the serial number

76. Entries in other columns for such a new household will be as under:

• Column 2 (HLB number) is not valid for this Section.

• In Col. 3 to 5, enter the building number, census house number and purpose for

which the census house is used respectively.

• Column 6 (Household number) is not valid for this Section.

• In Col. 7, write the name of the Head of the household.

• In Col. 8, the Serial number of the household has to be entered. This will be

generated automatically in the hand-held device. Please copy the serial number

from the HHD carefully.

• In Col. 10, enter appropriate codes, as explained above.

Section 4 of the AHL

This section of the AHL contains the details of the Houseless population that were found

during the second phase of Census 2011. They may or may not be present during your

visit. No NPR images of such persons will be available. In case the same household is

found during your survey, the data entry operator will enter the serial number of

household written in Col. 6 of Section 4 and enter all the details systematically. In Col. 7,

enter appropriate codes, as explained above.

Refer Annexure VI to know the procedure for Updating the Abridged Houselist (AHL)

Procedure for entering details of new Houseless households found during the SECC

First, draw a line after the last entry in Section 4. Entries for all the new Houseless

households should be made below this line. Note the last serial number before the line.

The first new household should be given the next number. For example, if the last serial

number entered during the Census was 9 then the first new household should be given the

serial number 10. Entries in other columns for such a new household will be as under:

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• In Column 2, enter particulars of the place where the houseless household is

found.

• In Col. 3, enter the name of the head of the houseless household.

• In Column 4, enter the approximate number of the persons in the houseless

household.

• In Col. 5, enter whether the houseless household was found on the day designated

for the enumeration of the houseless household. This would normally be last few

days of enumeration in the EB/Sub-Block.

• In Col. 6, the Serial number of the household has to be entered. This will be

generated automatically in the hand-held device. Please copy the serial number

from the HHD carefully.

• In Col. 7, enter appropriate codes, as explained above.

Now you are ready to canvass the questions.

Canvassing the Questions

• Having entered all the names of the members of the household and having

confirmed the same, start asking the questions regarding each member of the

household in the order that they have been entered. The explanation for each

question relating to each individual is given in the next Chapter.

• Once the individual particulars of all the members have been entered proceed to

enter the details regarding the household. The explanation for each question

relating to the household is also given in the next Chapter.

• After entering all the particulars, please show the respondent what you have

entered in the HHD and confirm from her/him that all the particulars have been

entered properly.

• In case the respondent is illiterate or cannot see, read out to the respondent and

explain the entries. Only after the respondent confirms the details proceed to write

out the Acknowledgement Slip.

Acknowledgement Slip

• Please ensure that you have adequate number of Acknowledgement Slip Booklets.

Each Acknowledgement Slip Booklet will have a printed booklet number. Each

Acknowledgment Slip will also have a slip number.

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• Fill up the contents of the cover page carefully.

• Once the data has been entered you must show the entered data to the respondent

and ask her/him to confirm that the data has been entered correctly. In case the

respondent is not able to read, the details should be read out and explained to the

respondent. After the respondent has confirmed the data the Acknowledgement

slip duly signed by you should be provided to each household. The

signature/thumb impression of the respondent should also be obtained on your

copy of the Acknowledgement Slip.

Please note that the Acknowledgement Slip has the following declarations that are made

and signed by you and the data entry operator:

a) We declare that all the information provided by the respondent has been correctly

entered in the hand-held device. The contents have been shown/ read out and has

been verified by the respondent.

b) The individual/ household data on religion and Caste/ Tribe is confidential and

will not be published.

c) The Caste/ Tribe is as declared by the respondent and it will not confer any right to

claim any Caste/ Tribe / Community certificate.

Please also note that the Acknowledgement Slip has the following declarations that are to

be signed by the respondent:

a) I declare that all the information provided to the enumerator is true to the best

of my knowledge and belief.

b) I have seen the information recorded/ the information has been read out to me

and I certify that they have been entered correctly.

c) I am aware that the religion and Caste/ Tribe declared by me will not confer

me any right to claim any Caste/ Tribe / Community certificate.

d) I am aware that my personal/ household level data, except religion and Caste/

Tribe will be published. I give my consent / I do not give my consent for the

same* (Strike off whichever is not applicable). * I am aware that by not giving

my consent for publishing my data, I may not be considered for benefits

under the welfare schemes of the Government.

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• Please read out and explain all the above scrupulously before obtaining the

signature of the respondent in your copy of the Acknowledgement Slip.

• Please also note that the name of each member of the household and gender should

be noted on the reverse of the Acknowledgement Slip.

• If the respondent refuses to sign or affix the thumb impression, please write

“Refused to sign”.

• Only after the contents have been verified by the respondent and the

Acknowledgement Slip has been signed by the respondent should the data be

saved in the hand held device. In case of refusal to sign, the Enumerator should

note this in the column provided in the hand-held device and then save the data.

All such cases would be referred to the Supervisor for verification.

Important points to be noted by the Enumerator during Enumeration

1. You have to visit every household and canvass the Schedule.

2. The information provided by the respondent should be noted down as such. No

proof or document should be asked from the respondents in confirmation of any

information provided by them. You must ask the questions, and ensure that the

data entry operator enters the responses into the hand-held device correctly.

3. In case you feel that any information given by the household is incorrect, you can

record the same in the space (duly mentioning which information in which column

is incorrect) provided in the device within 6 hours of completion of interview and

save it. This will then be verified by the Supervisor. Please do not argue with the

respondent on this score.

4. Do not collect any information from respondents who are not members of the

household

5. To the extent possible, collect the information from adult members of the

household

6. Please do not discuss or reveal the information given by one household to others

7. Do not assume any information on your own. Ask the respondent and note down

only the information that she/he provides. Do not prompt the respondent or ask

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leading or suggestive questions. However, probe properly to get the responses as

per the concepts and definitions of the Socio Economic and Caste Census.

8. Always be gender sensitive and ensure that no bias creeps in while canvassing the

schedule.

9. The respondent may not know the answers to all the questions. In such cases, the

respondent may be encouraged to consult with other knowledgeable members of

the household.

10. Always keep the convenience of the respondent in mind. Approach them when it

is convenient to them.

Steps to be followed after completing the Socio Economic and Caste Census

1. After completing the EB assigned to you ensure that the data is properly

uploaded in the server at the Charge Office. Please get a signed

acknowledgement from the in charge to this effect.

2. Please ensure whether any other EB is assigned to you. In case it is, repeat the

process afresh for that EB. Separate sets of documents have to be prepared for

each EB enumerated.

3. In case no other EB is being assigned to you please get a proper relieving order

from the Charge Officer.

In the next chapter, the concepts, definitions & detailed instructions on filling-up the

Urban Schedules will be discussed.

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Chapter 3

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

The Enumerator, Data Entry Operator and the Supervisor should have clear and

correct knowledge of the terms used in the schedule. Read these concepts and definitions

carefully before canvassing the schedule.

1. Assigning new building/ census house number: If a new building is found during the

SECC or in the midst of buildings already numbered, it should be given a new number

which may bear a sub-number. For example, if a building is found un-numbered or a

new building has come up between building number 10 and 11, the same should be

numbered as 10/1. These should not be numbered as 10(1) or 10(2) etc., as such

numbering would apply to Census houses within the same building. On the other hand,

10/1 would mean a separate building that has come up after building number 10.

2. Village/ Town: In population census, some of the villages/ part-villages are called

census towns/ outgrowths. For the purpose of Socio Economic and Caste Census these

places will also be treated as village. There are two Schedules, namely, the rural and

the urban Schedule. The urban Schedule will be canvassed only in the Statutory

Towns. In the remaining areas, the ‘rural’ Schedule will be canvassed. The selection of

the appropriate type of Schedule will be automatically done. The codes will be same as

was used in the population enumeration phase.

3. Household: A ‘household’ is a group of persons who normally live together and take

their meals from a common kitchen/common cooking unless the exigencies of work

prevent any of them from doing so. The persons in a household may be related or

unrelated or a mix of both. Even though the determination of the actual composition

(normally living together persons) of a household will be left to the judgment of the

head of the household, the following guidelines may be followed while determining the

composition of a household:

• Taking meals from a common kitchen/common cooking. In some situations two

households might be using one physical space as kitchen but cooking separately as per

the need and requirement of their household. In such situation, both the households

will be treated as separate households, though they are taking meals from a common

physical kitchen but not from a common cooking.

• Generally household members are related to each other,

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• In deciding the composition of a household, more emphasis is to be placed on

‘normally living together’ than on ‘taking meals from a common kitchen/common

cooking’.

• In a few situations, it may be difficult to apply the definition of household strictly as

given above. For example, a person living alone in a Census house, whether cooking

meals or not, will have to be treated as a single member household.

• Similarly, husband and wife or a group of related persons are normally living together

in a census house but are getting cooked meals from outside due to some reasons, will

also constitute a household.

• If any adult female member of a household decides to declare herself as a separate

household, she should be treated as a separate household.

• Similarly, though servants, paying guests, workers of the household are normally

living together and taking food from her/his master’s household, they are not eligible to

be treated as a member of her/his master’s household. For the purpose of this census,

such persons are to be treated as a separate household(s) and fresh schedule(s) have to

be filled.

4. Type of household: There are generally three types of household – Normal,

Institutional and Houseless.

(i) Normal household: A ‘Normal household’ is usually a group of persons who

normally live together and take their meals from a common kitchen/common cooking

unless the exigencies of work prevent any of them from doing so.

• The persons in a normal household may be related or unrelated or a mix of both

whereas in an institutional household all the persons are unrelated.

• Another difference between the normal and institutional household is that in case of

institutional households, the persons live in an institution unlike in a normal household.

(ii) Institutional household: A group of unrelated persons who live in an institution

and take their meals from a common kitchen is called an ‘Institutional Household’.

• Examples of Institutional Households are boarding houses, messes, hostels, hotels,

rescue homes, observation homes, beggars’ homes, jails, ashrams, old age homes,

children homes, orphanages, etc.

• If in a building which is occupied by an Institutional Household, the families of the

warden and peon are also living in separate houses and cooking for themselves

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separately, then each family will be treated as a separate normal household and houses

occupied by them will be treated as separate houses.

• Persons reside in Institutional households like inmates of jail, registered mess,

hospitals, students’ hostels etc. either on a short term or long term basis.

• All the institutional households need to be covered in the SECC. All the persons who

are normal members of the institutional household should be listed at the institutional

household and not at the place where their families reside.

(iii) Houseless household: Houseless household is defined as ‘households which do not

live in buildings or houses but live in the open or roadside, pavements, in hume pipes,

under fly-overs and staircases, or in the open areas near places of worship, mandaps,

railway platforms/stations etc.’

In SECC, houseless households will be enumerated at the place where they are found on

the last day of enumeration at the particular EB/sub-block, even if there is some

possibility of duplication. The questions on housing/dwelling need not be canvassed for

the houseless households.

5. Who are eligible to be recorded as HH member

In a Household

• All persons normally living together are to be recorded as HH members

• All persons normally living together but staying away from the household on a short

term seasonal migration and expected to come back within 6 months from the date of

enumeration are to be recorded as member of the HH

• In case the HH head is staying away from the HH for more than 6 months in the last one

year, his/her individual particulars will not be recorded with the family in Block D.

However, it is important to note that household members currently employed in

military/ paramilitary services will be recorded with their household.

• For the purpose of ownership of assets, household income, land ownership, etc. the

assets owned by the Head and physically available with the family will be recorded. For

example, the Head works at place `X' where she/he normally reside and occasionally

visits place `Y' where her/his family, i.e. spouse and children reside. In the current

situation, the Head will be listed where she/lie normally resides, i.e. at place `X' and not

at place `Y'. However, the income, ownership of assets, land ownership, etc will be

recorded in Block E at place `Y' also.

• Normally considered as HH member(e.g. child or grandchild or husband/wife or

brother/ sister or other relative of HH head) who are otherwise normal members of the

household but living in a hostel for less than six months in the last one year

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6. Who are not to be treated as HH member

• Temporary visitors and guests whose total period of stay is less than 6 months in the

past one year

• Members who have permanently migrated or left the household on marriage,

employment etc. even if they occasionally visit the HH

• A resident employee, or domestic servant or a paying guest taking common meal and

living with the household

• Those who are not considered normal member

7. Household Head

The head should ordinarily be resident in the HH. In rare cases, the head can

be non-resident (e.g, where the person identified as the household head migrates to work

for more than 6 months. He/she works in the nearby city and visits home on weekends).

In these cases, this person to be listed as household head after getting oral declaration

from the other family members.

In the case of an Institutional household, there may be a non-resident 'Head'. She/He is

not eligible to be enumerated as a member of the institutional household. In such a case,

the first person in this Institutional household to be enumerated will be recorded as the

'Head'

The following two exceptional cases will also be treated as HH members:

• A HH member who may sleep elsewhere (e.g., in a shop, or room in another

house because of space shortage) but normally takes meals with own HH. In this

case, if place of residence differs from place of boarding – the person will be

treated as a member of the household where he/she resides.

• On the other hand, a HH member may have a meal outside (e.g., lunch provided

to agricultural workers as part of wage) but resides with the HH. In this case,

normally living together will take precedence and the person will be treated as a

member of the household where he/she resides.

• Note that a household may also be headed by a female member. Please ask from the

household who is the head and record accordingly. On your own, you should not

assume that the household is headed by a male member.

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8. Occupation / Activity

For the workers, the occupation is to be recorded while for the non-workers, the activity of the

person will be recorded. It may be the principal business life, vocation, employment, trade,

household duties, student, etc.

9. Disability

A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the

usual standard of an individual or group. The term is used to refer to individual

functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment,

intellectual impairment mental illness, and various types of chronic disease. Disability is

conceptualized as being a multidimensional. There may be effects on organs or body parts

and there may be effects on a person's.

10. Chronic illness: a disease that is long lasting or recurrent & debilitating.

11. Dwelling Room

A room is treated as a dwelling room if it has walls with a doorway and a roof and should

be wide and long enough for a person to sleep in. In other words, there is no minimum

size of the dwelling room as it is any room mainly used by the household for sleeping.

A dwelling room would include living room, bedroom, dining room, drawing room, study

room, servant's room and other habitable rooms. Kitchen, bathroom, latrine, store room,

passageway and verandah which are not normally usable for living are not considered as

dwelling rooms. A room, used for multipurpose such as sleeping, sitting, dining, storing,

cooking, etc. is regarded as a dwelling room. But if a garage or servant quarter is used by

a servant and if she/he also lives in it as a separate household then this has been

considered as a dwelling room available to the servant’s household.

One is likely to come across conical shaped hut or tent in which human beings reside. In

such improvised accommodation, there will be no four walls to a room and therefore, the

above definition would not strictly apply to such types of accommodation. But, in fact, in

the conical shaped hut or tent, the roof itself is built up to the floor level which also serves

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as a wall. Thus, in such cases, the tent or conical hut, etc., may by itself construed to be a

room. Tent or conical shaped hut if used for living by any household is also considered as

dwelling room.

The room(s) used for purposes other than residence will not be recorded as a dwelling

room. A dwelling room which is shared by more than one household will not be counted

for any of them. In other words, only dwelling room exclusively in the possession of the

household will be counted. For example, if two households share a single dwelling room

and therefore neither has a dwelling room exclusively, enter zero ( '0' ) under this column

for each of the households. If two households have a dwelling room each but in addition

also share a common dwelling room, then the common room will not be counted for either

of the households.

12. Deserted Women

If a deserted woman was living along with other family, members or relatives, she need

not be treated as a separate household, but her vulnerability will be captured under

marital status given in appropriate column of the questionnaire.

13. Literate

A person aged 7 and above who can both read and write with understanding in any

language is to be taken as literate. A person, who can only read but cannot write, is not

literate. It is not necessary that to be treated as literate, a person should have received any

formal education or passed any minimum educational standard. Literacy could also have

been achieved through adult literacy classes or through any non-formal educational

system. People who are blind and can read in Braille will be treated as literates.

14. Illiterate

For a person who is illiterate, i.e., who can neither read nor write or can merely read but

cannot write in any language. All children of age 6 years or less should be treated as

illiterate even if the child is going to a school and may have picked up reading and

writing.

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15. Wages earned: A wage earner is a person engaged in any enterprise (agriculture or

non-agriculture) and getting in return wage according to the terms of the daily or periodic

work contract. Example: providing services for activities like loading/unloading of

material, digging, house construction etc. Work done on public work projects on

monthly/weekly/daily contractual basis will also be considered as a wage earner.

16. “Water-seal latrine” means a latrine in which waste is flushed by water into an

underground disposable system and not required to be removed by human agency.

17. Reference Period: In specific questions (noted in the schedule), the reference period

is typically "in the last one year". This means the one year preceding the enumeration

date (e.g. reference period is, from 30 September 2010 to 30 September 2011 if the

enumeration date is 30 September 2011).

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Chapter -4

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CASTE CENSUS 2011 - SCHEDULE

Block numbers are not given in the Schedule. Suitable changes should be made in its

schedule. The schedule has two parts – Side A and Side B.

Side A is divided into four Blocks, namely

Block A: Identification Particulars

Block B: To be reproduced from the National Population Register (NPR)

Schedule

Block C: To be reproduced from the Abridged Houselist

Block D: Individual Particulars

Side B is divided into two blocks

Block E: Household Particulars

Block F: Mandatory Declaration

Block E: Household Particulars divided in to three sections:

They are:

Section 1 Housing /Dwelling

Section 2 Amenities

Section 3 Assets You have to start with information on Side A and once it is filled, then you move on to

Side B. Note that, in any household, you have to first enquire about the name of all the

members of the household and enter their name, sex and date of birth, one by one. After

entries of these items are complete, the remaining questions are to be canvassed for each

member.

After canvassing for all the members are complete, specific questions on housing

characteristics of the household i.e. housing/dwelling, amenities and assets owned by the

household will be canvassed. We will discuss all these questions in detail now.

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SIDE - A

Block A: Identification Particulars & Type of Household

Identification Particulars

The information on Identification Particulars regarding the location of EB will be

provided by Charge Office and will be loaded in the Tablet PC. You should check whether

information is loaded properly. You need to take log in password from supervisor. The

Ward Code will be pre-loaded and it need not be filled by you.

Block -A

Block A: Identification Particulars

State: Code District: Code Code

Village/Town: Code Ward code No. (Only for town)

Type of Household:

Tahsil/Taluk/P.S/ Dev.Bl ock/Ci rcle/Mandal Normal…………..1

Institutional…..2

Houseless………3

If 'Houseless', is the household living in

shelter for homeless? (1=Yes, 2=No)

Identify Type of Household (HH) - This is at the rightmost corner of the side A. HH

could be either Normal or Institutional or Houseless. In all cases, identify the type of

household as per the definition given in the previous chapter “Concepts and Definition ”

and enter the code accordingly. If it is normal HH code (1) and an institutional household

(Code 2) and code (3) for Houseless HH When the HH is houseless you should further

probe the HH and write the appropriate code. If the houseless HH live in any shelter for

homeless enter code (1) if reply is no enter the code (2)

Type of Household:

Normal…………..1 Institutional…....2

Houseless………3

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Block B: This will be displayed automatically when you enter the HH no.from the

Houselist hard copy available with you, provided the corresponding image is already

loaded in the hand-held device from national population Register (NPR).

Block C: You have to enter the serial number of household from the AHL. The rest will

get automatically populated

Block B: To be pre-printed from NPR Schedule Block C: To be copied from the Abridged Houselist

Houselist Household No. Enumeration Serial Number of household

Block Number Block Number &(Column 8 of section 2 or 3 or column 6 of section 4)

Sub-Block No. Type of EB (Slum/Non-Slum) (For Statutory Towns)

(Item-6, Section-1)(To be obta ined from col.17 of Supervis ory Bookl et of

Charge Regis ter for Popul ati on Enumeration)

The enumerator and the data entry operator should first verify whether all the

households in the NPR and recorded in Section 3 and Section 4 of Abridged Houselist are

available in the hand-held device. During the physical verification if new households are

Block B:

Will be displayed, if the image

is already loaded in the hand-

held device

Block C:

You have to enter the serial

number of household from the

AHL. The rest will get

automatically populated.

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found, they should be also covered using a fresh schedule. Some of the households might

have split into two or more households then they should be covered as new households,

except the one where the erstwhile head resides. Fresh serial number of household is to be

generated for all such new households which have come into being as a result of this split.

Information relating to Block B i.e. Houselist Block Number and Household No. is

preloaded in Tablet PC. This will appear whenever images of the corresponding

household is available, i.e., households which have appeared in Section 2 of the AHL. If

you don’t find the household in this list, then first refer to Section 3 and Section 4 of

Abridged Houselist and copy those particulars in Block C, which is available in Hard

Copy. While canvassing the SECC in the allotted EB in continues order the enumeration

team may come across some HH which may not appear in any of these Sections, it is a

new HH come in to existence in the EB after the AHH is prepared in the census 2011

operation then request for a fresh serial number of household and record all the details in

the AHL before proceeding with the questionnaire.

In short, you have to request the data entry operator to enter only one

number, i.e., serial number of household, for checking all the entries in Blocks A to

C except new HH migrated to the EB after the AHL prepared.

An updated AHL should also be prepared by including information relating to

new households

Block D: Individual Particulars (Column 1-17)

Information for columns 1 to 9 will be available from NPR in image format. Although

there is a likelihood of change in any of these items, it has been decided that it will be

taken as it is. In case of households/ persons for whom image is not available, a new

household/member must be added and the entire information for that particular household

member has to be entered afresh.

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Basic information about all HH members as per the definition of the household Guidelines:

• Definition of HH and of HH head as per instructions mentioned under chapter

“Concepts and definitions”

• First ask and record the names of all HH members in Col. 2

• Order of asking and recording names –

1. HH head followed by wife/husband

2. Parents or parents-in-law of HH head

3. If there are married son/daughter of household head, eldest married

child of the HH head, followed by wife/husband and children. Follow

this until you record all married children.

4. Unmarried child of HH head. Record the names in order starting from the

eldest.

1. Brother/sister or brother-in-law/sister-in-law of HH head

2. Other relatives

3. Unrelated persons

Let us discuss the questions column by column.

Column-1. Serial Number

In the Household Schedule provision has been made to record the information of

individual members in the household

Column-2. Name of the person

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• Names of all members in the household who are eligible to be enumerated are to

be entered in this column. Then, details of each member are to be entered till all

members are completed.

• First record the name of the household head as identified by the respondent.

• The head need not be male and need not be the eldest person in the household.

He or she would typically be actively involved in household matters and who

bears the chief responsibility of taking decisions.

• The names of the household members are available from NPR. In the case of

households in Section 3 of the Abridged Houselist and new households, write

complete name as reported by respondent without spelling mistake.

• If the name of the person is long and this cannot be accommodated within

the box, the preferable course in this situation would be to write this in

short. For example, if the name is Aparna Ramachandra Rao, this could be

recorded as Aparna. R. R. as desired by the respondent. Similarly, 'Rachamalla

Venkata Veeranjaneya Durga Prasad', could be recorded as ' R.V.V.Durga

Prasad' or 'R.V.V.D. Prasad' as per the availability of space in the Household

Schedule. (30 characters for name is specified in NPR Schedule)

• The head should ordinarily be resident in the HH. In rare cases, the head can be

non-resident (e.g, where the person identified as the household head migrates

to work for more than 6 months).

• Do not insist on the names of female members of the household if the respondent

does not volunteer to tell their names. In such situation you need to act

sensitively and give time for trust building. You may have to take help of her

family members, neighbours, Anganwadi workers etc. Similarly, do not insist on

a female respondent giving the name of her husband or of any other relation if by

custom she is forbidden to do so. Sometimes the infants and children may not

have been named yet.

• If for some reason you are not able to obtain the name of a person being

enumerated, write 'No name'.

• In the case of an Institutional household, there may be a non-resident 'Head'. S/He

is not eligible to be enumerated as a member of this household. In such a case,

the first person in this Institutional household to be enumerated will be recorded

as the 'Head'

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After entering the name, sex and date of birth of eligible members of the household, record the details of each person as explained in the following paragraphs:

Column-3. Relationship to head–

Note that only the relation to the head is to be recorded, not to other HH members. Note

that adopted and biological children will be treated alike. In the case of the head write

‘Head’ and not ‘Self. For others, write the full relationship. Write the relationship in

full. Do not use words like ‘niece’, ‘nephew’ or ‘aunt’, ’uncle’ but state whether sister’s

or brother’s daughter or son (for niece or nephew) or mother’s or father’s sister or

mother’s or father’s brother, mother’s or father’s sister (for aunt), or mother’s or father’s

brother, mother’s or father’s sister’s husband (for uncle). Daughter or son will include

adopted daughter or adopted son or step daughter or step son. For brother-in-law, write

wife’s brother or sister’s husband as the case may be. For granddaughter, write daughter’s

daughter or son’s daughter as the case may be. In the case of visitors etc., who are

enumerated as members of the household, write visitor etc. as the case may be.

In the case of an Institutional household, however, all the members of the household

should be treated as unrelated.

It is possible that in a hostel, the resident superintendent’s daughter or son also

happens to be a boarder, while the superintendent herself /himself is the head. Even

here the relationship of her/his daughter/son should be recorded as unrelated, because

it is an Institutional household.

Column-4. Sex– Enter 1 for male, 2 for female,

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Column-5. Year of Birth –

Write Year of birth of each person enumerated as per English calendar as shown in the

NPR image of the corresponding Household in case a new household member added in

the same family enter the date of birth in the DD/MM/YYYY format. When the HH is

from Abridged House List (AHL) for whom no image will be available in the tablet PC

and for new household found during the SECC-2011 enumeration period in both the case

the date of birth of all household members will be entered in the DD/MM/YYYY format.

In case year of birth is not known, you have to estimate the year of birth through

probing questions and record only the year of birth in four digits. In the case of women

not aware about her age and is also unable to report the year of her birth , you will have

to further probe by asking the age when she got married, after marriage, in how many

years first child was born and the present age of her first child and try to ascertain her

age.

Column-6. Marital status:

Give code from list below

Never married-1, Currently married-2, Widowed-3, Separated-4, Divorced-5

For a person who has never married any time before, record code '1' in the box under this

question.

For a person currently married, whether for the first or another time and whose marriage

is subsisting at the time of enumeration (the spouse is alive), record code '2'. The word

'currently' does not mean 'recently'. It only means 'at present'. For example, a man may be

80 years old and may have been married 60 years ago; if his wife is still alive and the

marriage subsists, he is 'currently married'. The conditions for the marital status to be

reckoned as 'currently married' are that the husband and the wife are both alive and that

their marriage subsists, i.e., they are not divorced or separated. Please note that we are not

concerned with the legality of a marriage.

Similarly, enter code '2' for persons who are recognised by custom or society as married

and also for persons in stable de facto union (actually living together) . Even if a marriage

is disputed, record code '2' if the person concerned says she or he is married or is in stable

de facto union (actually living together).

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For a widowed person whose husband or wife is dead, and who is not presently married,

enter code '3'.

For a person who has been legally or otherwise separated from wife or husband and is living apart

with no apparent intention of living together again, enter code '4'. A person deserted by her spouse

against her/his wishes and without her/his consent should also be given code ‘4’.

For a person who is divorced either by decree of a court or by an accepted social or religious

custom and is not remarried at present, enter code '5'.

This column must be answered for all persons irrespective of age. For very young children, though

we know that they may not be married, the appropriate code must be entered after enquiry. You

may be aware that in certain parts of the country child marriage or pre-puberty marriage is still

prevalent. The children are married even before they attain the age of puberty and the

consummation of marriage takes place later. Therefore, if the person is married and even if she/he

is living apart from her/his spouse till the Gauna1 is performed, the person will be treated as

currently married and code '2' will be recorded under this question.

Column-7. Name of father:

Write the full name of the father.

Write the name of the father even if the father does not live in this household or has passed

away.

Column-8. Name of mother:

Write the full name.

Write the name of the mother even if the mother does not live in this household or has passed

away.

Column-9. Occupation/Activity:

This is to be recorded for all persons, worker or non-worker. In this column, record

the details of the occupation of a worker or activity of non-worker, as the case may be.

The occupation or activity of a person will be ascertained with respect to date of

enumeration. However, it does not matter if a person is not working on the date of

1 A marriage ceremony followed by a gauna ceremony. The bride does not join the

husband and his family until her gauna is done a few years after the marriage. In the

meanwhile, her education, vocational training can go on as usual.

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enumeration and is on leave, it is her/his usual working status that is important. Working

or non-working activities of the persons may be written as told by the respondent.

Examples of occupation/ activity are:

a. Doctor/ CA/ Lawyer/ Consultant/ Engineer/Shopkeeper, etc.

b. Household duties

c. Cultivator

d. Agricultural labourer/ manual labourer,

e. Student

f. Dependent

g. Pensioner/ retired person

h. Beggar

i. Rentier

The nature of occupation or the actual work that a person did during the last one year prior

to the date of enumeration is to be ascertained and recorded under this column. Write the

actual work of the members of household in which they are occupied or engaged their

time and attention and may or may not be paid (e.g. student) for that. It may be the

principal business, vocation, employment, trade or service etc. In case of persons who

are self employed, the description of the actual work in which they are engaged will be

recorded.

A person can pursue one or more of the above activities. For example a worker can be a

student also. Similarly, a teacher can also be attending Household activities. Working

status should always find priority over non-working status. Similarly, a person may be

engaged in more than one working activity. The occupation currently being pursued by

the person for most of the time in a year [last 365 days] may be recorded.

Column-10. Highest educational level completed:

This column seeks to get answers about the educational attainment of the members.

The highest educational level completed refers to the educational category successfully

completed. For example, if the HH member studied upto class 10 but could not pass

the 10th

Board examination, she/he will be coded as middle.

literate: A person aged 7 and above who can both read and write with

understanding in any language is to be taken as literate. A person, who can only read but

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cannot write, is not literate. It is not necessary that to be treated as literate, a person should

have received any formal education or passed any minimum educational standard.

Literacy could also have been achieved through adult literacy classes or through any non-

formal educational system. People who are blind and can read in Braille will be treated as

literates

Illiterate: a person who can neither read nor write or can merely read but

cannot write in any language. All children of age of less than 7 years (6 years 11 months

and 29 days or less) should be treated as illiterate even if the child is going to a school and

may have picked up reading and writing

Write the codes as per the following Table:

Code Level Description

1 Illiterate A person aged below 7 years (i.e. up to 6 years 11 months

and 29 days), or A person aged 7 years and above and who can neither

read nor write or can merely read but cannot write in any

language.

2 Literate but

below primary

A person aged 7 years and above and can read and write

with understanding in any language but not passed 5th

standard.

3 Primary Passed 5th

Standard but not passed 8th

Standard.

4 Middle Passed 8th

Standard but not passed 10th

Standard.

5 Secondary Passed 10th Standard but not passed 12th Standard.

6 Higher

Secondary

Passed 12th

Standard but not completed graduation.

7 Graduate or

higher

Completed graduation (degree holder)

8 Other Please specify (e.g. diploma holder, polytechnic,

vocational training etc.)

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Some of these categories differ by name from state to state. However, these are

broad categories which are used in most states. Also, note that some of the members

may have studied in religious educational institutions such as Madarsa, Mosque or

Monastery. Find the equivalent levels for these educational institutions and fill up the

codes. No test has to be administered to checking whether a person is literate or not.

Record the response as given by the respondent.

Column-11. Main Source of income/earning from work

This column refers to information on m a i n source of income for the household

member.

Guidelines

• A household member may have multiple sources of income but record only

his/her main source of income.

• Record code as per the categories listed

• Do not record the amount of income earned.

The main sources of income have been classified as originating from the following

occupations:

Occupation Code

Rag-picker 0

Beggar 1

Domestic Worker 2

Street Vendor/Cobbler/Hawker/other service

providers working on streets

3

Construction Worker/plumber/mason/labour/painter/welder/security

guard/coolie/other head-load worker

4

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Sweeper/sanitation worker/mali 5

Home-based worker/artisan/handicrafts worker/tailor 6

Transport Worker/driver/conductor/helper to drivers

and conductors/cart pullers/rickshaw pullers

7

Shop worker/assistant/peon in small

establishments/helper/delivery

assistant/attendant/waiter

8

Electrician/mechanic/assembler/repair workers 9

Washermen/ chowkidar 10

Other Work 11

Non-Work (pension/rent/interest, etc.) 12

No income from any source 13

0. Rag-picker – If the main source of income of the household member is by rag

picking (To wander in search picking up rags from trash cans and public dumps as

a means of livelihood) record code 0.

1. Beggar- If the main source of income of the household member is by begging (To

wander in search of food or provisions) record code 1.

2. Domestic Worker – If the main income of the household member is earned by

engaging in part time or full time domestic services then give code 2. Part time or

full time domestic services include employment of hired worker by private

households for tasks including housecleaning, cooking, child care, and personal

service. It also includes the performance of similar tasks for hire in public

institution and business, including hotels and boardinghouses etc.

3. Street Vendor/Cobbler/Hawker/ other Service providers working on streets - If a

household member is Street Vendor or Cobbler or Hawker or a service provider

working on streets and earns his main income by these activities then give code 3.

4. ConstructionWorker/plumber/mason/labour/painter/welder/securityguard/c

oolie and other head-load worker – If the main source of income of the

household member is by engaging in any of these activities then give code 4.

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5. Sweeper/sanitation worker/Mali: If a household member is engaged as a Sweeper

or Sanitation Worker or Mali/Gardener and his/her main incomes is earned by any

of these activities then give code 5.

6. Home based workers/ Artisans/ Handicrafts worker/tailor: If a Household

member is engaged as home based worker/Artisan/Handicraft worker/tailor for

earning his/her main income then give code 6.

7. Transport Worker/driver/conductor/helper to drivers and conductors/cart

puller/rickshaw puller- If the main income of the household member is earned

by engaging in any of these activities then give code 7.

8. Shop worker/assistant/peon in small establishment/helper/delivery

assistant/attendant/waiter: If the main income of the household member is

earned by engaging in any of these activities then give code 8.

9. Electrician/mechanic/assembler/repair worker: If the main source of income

of the household member is earned by engaging in any of these activities then

give code 9.

10. Washer men/ Chowkidar: If a household member is a Washer man the persons

engaged in washing and ironing of clothes or Chowkidar and his/her main income

is earned by any of these activities then give code 10.

11. Other Work – If the household member has main source of income not covered in

code 1 to code 10 give code 11 which specifies others.

12. Non-Work (pension/Rent/interest etc.)- If main income of a household member is

not earned by any means of work but accrues nevertheless as income by way of

remittances, pension, rent, dividend, interest etc. give code 12.

13. No income from any source. - Persons not earning anything from any source

either through salary/wages or through any other work like own business or

through remittances. Some examples are infants, students, old age person who are

dependent on others, persons engaged in household duties at their own household

etc.

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Column-12: Are Wages earned -

(Refer Chapter-3. Concept and definition, item no.15)

Guidelines

• Do not record the amount of wages earned.

� Give code 1, if the household member is earning his/her wage on daily basis.

� Give code 2, if the household member is earning his/her wage on weekly basis.

� Give code 3, if the household member is earning his/her wage on monthly basis.

� Give code 4, if the wages earned by the household member is irregular.

� Give code 5, if the household member is not a wage earner.

Column-13. Disability:

The question(s) on disability will be asked for all persons in the household. Please do not

assume that just because someone looks 'alright' or 'normal', she/he may not have

disability. Many disabilities are not visible. Sometimes elderly/old people are not asked

the question. However, it is important to ask them also. With age, a lot of people acquire

disability. Hence this data is important.

This is a sensitive question and needs to be asked carefully/skillfully so that the feelings

of the respondent and/or any other member of the household are not hurt. At the outset

explain that the data on disability would be useful for the following

purposes:

• It will help the Government to plan policies, allocate adequate resources and

provide support services for persons with disabilities and their families.

• It will help in taking adequate measures to provide equal opportunities in

education and employment for people with disabilities.

• It will help in making public transportation, health services accessible to people

with disabilities.

Disability: The concepts, criteria and instructions for identifying disabled persons

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are taken from the guidelines of 2011 population Census.

This question seeks to get answers about the status of disability. If the member is not

suffering from any disability code 9 can be given. The nature of disability can be

entered as per code list. In case there is more than one form of disability, enter code 8

which stands for multiple disability. Disability codes are as follows

a. In Seeing: A person will be considered as having disability 'In Seeing' if she/he :

• Cannot see at all; or

• Has no perception of light even with the help of spectacles; or

• Has perception of light but has blurred vision even after using spectacles,

contact lenses etc.

• Can see light but cannot see properly to move about independently; or

• Has blurred vision but had no occasion to test if her/his eyesight would improve

after taking corrective measures.

In case it is found that the person has disability 'In Seeing' Code-1 will be given

Note: Persons with no vision in one eye but full vision in the other eye (one eyed

persons) will not be considered as disabled in seeing. Persons having night blindness

alone will not be considered as disabled in seeing. Persons having colour blindness

alone will not be considered as disabled in seeing.

b. In Hearing: A person will be considered as having disability 'In Hearing' if she/he :

• Cannot hear at all; or

• Has difficulty in hearing day-to-day conversational speech (hard of hearing); or

• If she/he is using a hearing aid.

In case it is found that the person has disability 'In Hearing' Code-2 will be

recorded.

Note: Persons having problem in only one ear will not be considered as having hearing

disability. The condition of both the ears will be taken into consideration for treating a

person as disabled 'In Hearing'.

c. In Speech: A person will be considered having disability 'In Speech', if she/he is

above the age of 3 years and:

• Cannot speak at all or she/he is unable to speak normally on account of certain

difficulties linked to speech disorder; or

• Able to speak in single words only and is not able to speak in sentences; or

• Stammers to such an extent that the speech is not comprehensible. However,

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persons who stammer but whose speech is comprehensible will not be treated as

disabled in speech.

In case it is found that the person has disability 'In Speech' Code-3 will be recorded

Note : It is common that a person who is born with an hearing disability is also unable

to speak (Deaf mute). For census purpose this will be treated as a Multiple Disability

and appropriate code (8) entered.

d. In Movement: A person will be considered as having disability 'In Movement' if

she/he has a disability of bones, joints or muscles of the limbs leading to substantial

restriction of movement. This would cover persons who:

• Do not have one or both arm(s)/ hand(s) /leg(s)

• Are paralysed and are unable to move; or

• Are unable to walk but crawl to move from one place to the other; or

• Are able to move only with the help of caliper/s, wheelchair, tricycle, walking

frame, crutches etc.; or

• Have acute and permanent problems of joints/muscles that have resulted in

limited movement; or

• Have lost all the fingers or toes or a thumb; or

• Are not able to move or pick up any small thing placed nearby; or

• Have stiffness or tightness in movement, or have loose, involuntary movements

or tremors of the body or have fragile bones; or

• Have difficulty in balancing and coordinating body movements; or

• Have loss of sensation in the body due to paralysis or leprosy or any other

reason; or

• Have any deformity of the body part/s like having a hunch back; or

• Are very short statured (dwarf).

In case it is found that the person has disability 'In Movement' Code-4 will be recorded.

Note : Manifestation of disability arising out of 'Cerebral Palsy' will be recorded under

this category and code '4'.

e. Mental Retardation Mental Retardation means a condition of arrested or incomplete

development of mind of a person which is specially characterized by sub-normality of

intelligence. The onset of mental retardation is usually from birth or in some cases

before the age of 18 years.

A person will be considered as having the disability of 'Mental Retardation' if she/he :

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• Lacks understanding/comprehension as compared to her/his own age group; or

• Is unable to communicate her/his needs when compared to other persons of

her/his age group; or

• Has difficulty in doing daily activities like looking after toilet needs, cleaning

teeth, bathing, wearing clothes, taking care of personal hygiene and nutrition and

general household tasks; or

• Has difficulty in understanding routine instructions; or

• Has extreme difficulty in making decisions, remembering things or solving

problems.

In case it is found that the person has disability of 'Mental Retardation' Code-5 will be

recorded.

Note: No test is required to assess Mental Retardation. It should be left to the

respondent to report whether the member of the household has mental retardation. You

have to clarify that all slow learners and persons with delayed development are not

necessarily mentally retarded. Students who are slow learners in school should

definitely not be considered as Mentally Retarded. Mental Retardation is generally from

birth and its onset is well before the age of 18 years.

f. Mental Illness: A person will be considered as having Mental Illness if she/he has a

psychological or behavioural pattern associated with distress or disability that is not a

part of normal development. The affected person is generally not able to cope with the

problem.

In general a person will be considered as having the disability of 'Mental Illness' if

she/he :

• Is taking medicines or other treatment for mental illness; OR

• Exhibits unnecessary and excessive worry and anxiety, unexplained withdrawal

or problems in sleep, loss of appetite and/or depression, thought of dying,

unattended personal hygiene; or

• Exhibits repetitive (obsessive-compulsive) behaviour/thoughts; or

• Exhibits sustained changes of mood or mood swings (joy and sadness) leading

to having many days or weeks of not being able to function and behave

normally; or

• Has unusual experiences - such as hearing voices, seeing visions, experience of

strange smells or sensations or strange taste; or

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• Exhibits unusual behaviours like talking/laughing to self, staring in space,

excessive fear and suspicion without reason; or

• Has difficulty in social interactions and adapting at home, at school, at

workplace or generally in society.

Note: Drug addicts will not be treated as mentally ill. The onset or manifestation or

realization of mental illness is not seen from birth unlike mental retardation. Please

ascertain whether any person in the household has mental illness. In case it is found that

the person has disability of 'Mental Illness' Code-6 will be recorded. No test is required to

assess Mental Illness. It should be left to the respondent to report whether the member of

the household has Mental Illness.

g. Other disability Ask if the person has a disability that is not covered under any of

the categories listed in the question. If the respondent/person reports that she/he or any

member of her/his household has a disability other than those listed in the question,

write code-7. This category would include disabilities like Autism etc.

h. Multiple disability Multiple Disabilities means a combination of two or more

disabilities. Persons suffering from any of the two or more disabilities bearing code nos.

1 to 7 listed in the question will be treated as having 'Multiple Disabilities. In case you

come across a situation where a person suffers from both 'Hearing' and 'Speech'

disabilities, you have to record her/him under the category of 'Multiple Disability' and

write 8

i. Not disabled: if the person is normal without any disability enter the code 9

Note: The exceptional cases like Siamese twins or persons with one body and two heads

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will be treated as disabled in movement. In case they also suffer from any other disability,

they will be considered having multiple disability and appropriate codes will be recorded

Column 14: Chronic Illness

Chronic illness is defined as a disease that is long lasting or recurrent. Please give

the code as mentioned below:

Cancer – Code 1

HIV/AI – Code 2 (This code needs to be skipped, no, information will be collected)

TB-Code 3

Leprosy-Code 4

Other Illness (Specify) -Code 5

No Chronic Illness-Code 6

Column :15. Religion (Write the name of the religion in full)

You have to record the name of the religion of each member of the household as

returned by the respondent in reply to this question. You should not enter into any

argument with the respondent or any member of the household for recording entry under

this question. You are bound to record faithfully whatever religion is returned by the

respondent for herself/himself and for other members in the household.

You might come across situations wherein a person would like to mention the

name of her/his sect, denomination, belief as the name of her/his religion. In such cases

also, please do not attempt to classify the religion on your own but record faithfully

whatever name of the religion that the person states.

Similarly, do not try to establish any relationship between religion, mother

tongue, language spoken, caste, tribe etc. Record whatever the respondent states as

her/his religion.

Please note that it is not necessary that all the members in the household profess

the same religion. Therefore, enquiry should be made for each member of the household

independently. You should not presume that the religion of the head of the household or

the respondent is necessarily the religion of every member being enumerated in the

household. If you have reasons to suspect that the religion is not being truthfully

reported, you should record whatever the respondent says, but make a report to your

Supervisory officer for verification.

In case a person says that she/he has no religion, please record as “no religion”.

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Column :16 CASTE/TRIBE STATUS

Column :16. Give Code

SC-1, ST-2, Other-3, No Caste/Tribe-4

(SCs can be only among the Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. STs can be from any

religion.)

IMPORTANT:

1. These two columns are to be filled for all persons in the household irrespective of

their Religion.

2. These are sensitive questions and need to be canvassed carefully without hurting the

feelings of the respondent or other members of the household.

3. You have to record the name of the Caste/Tribe of each member of the household

as reported by the respondent in reply to this question. You should not enter into any

argument with the respondent or any member of the household for recording entry

under this question. You are bound to record faithfully whatever Caste/Tribe is

returned by the respondent for herself/himself and for other members in the

household.

4. You might come across situations wherein a person would like to mention the name

of her/his sub-caste, sub-tribe, clan name, sect, sub-sect, surname, title etc. In such

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cases also, please do not attempt to classify the Caste/Tribe on your own but record

faithfully whatever name of the Caste/Tribe that the person states.

5. Similarly, do not try to establish any relationship between Caste/Tribe and mother

tongue, language spoken, occupation, profession, etc. Record whatever the

respondent states as her/his Caste/Tribe.

6. Please note that it is not necessary that all the members in the household are of the

same Caste/Tribe. Therefore, enquiry should be made for each member of the

household independently. We should not presume that the Caste/Tribe of the head

of the household or the respondent is necessarily the Caste/Tribe of every member

being enumerated in the household.

7. Please note that no documents are to be asked in support of the claim of any

Caste/Tribe. The name of Caste/Tribe as reported should be faithfully recorded. If

you have reasons to suspect that the Caste/Tribe is not being truthfully reported, you

should record whatever the respondent says, but make a report to your Supervisory

Officer for verification.

8. In case a person says that she/he has no Caste/Tribe, please record as “no

Caste/Tribe”.

Scheduled Caste (SC)-1

Please note that every State/Union Territory has specific list of Scheduled Castes

(SCs). The name of a SC of one State/UT may not be found in another State/UT. You

have therefore been furnished with a list of the SCs pertaining to your State/UT. First,

ascertain from the respondent, whether the person enumerated belongs to Scheduled Caste

(SC). If the respondent says that the person being enumerated is SC ask for the name of

SC to which she/he belongs. Now, check the list furnished and ensure that the name of the

SC reported by the respondent appears in it. If the name is found in the List, also check

the religion returned in Column 15 against that person. If she/he has returned the religion

as Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist, then give for Scheduled Castes - ‘1’ under this question

against the name of that person. Here, Hindus or Sikhs or Buddhists would also include

their sects and beliefs.

If the name of the SC reported by the respondent is not in the List furnished

or if the religion reported is other than Hindu, Sikh or Buddhists, then the person

should be treated as “Others” and Code - ‘3 ‘ should be assigned.

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Scheduled Tribe (ST)-2

As in the case of SCs, please note that every State/Union Territory has specific

lists of Scheduled Tribes (STs). The name of a ST of one State/UT may not be found in

another State/UT. You have therefore been furnished with a list of the STs pertaining to

your State/UT. First, ascertain from the respondent, whether the person enumerated

belongs to Scheduled Tribe (ST). If the respondent says that the person being enumerated

is ST, ask for the name of ST to which she/he belongs. Now, check the list furnished and

ensure that the name of the ST appears in it. If the name is found in the List, give Code –

‘2’.

If the name of the ST reported by the respondent is not in the List furnished then

the person should be treated as “Others” and Code - ‘3’ should be assigned.

Other-3

If the respondent says that she/he does not belong to SC or ST then record ‘3’

under this question against the name of that person.

In some religions, there may not be identifiable groups called ‘Castes/Tribes’ but

at the same time, there may exist identifiable groups known by different names that are

equivalent to ‘Castes/Tribes. If the respondent says that she/he or any member of her/his

household belongs to particular group and wishes to return the name of that particular

group as her/his Caste/Tribe, in such a case, record ‘3’ against that person in Col.16.

There may be situations where the respondent does not know the Caste/Tribe of

some member being enumerated in the household. In such cases, first try to ascertain the

name of Caste/Tribe from that member, if she/he is present in the household during your

visit. However, if all the efforts to ascertain the name of the Caste/Tribe of that person

have failed, then record ‘3’ under this question.

No Caste/Tribe-4

Some respondents may state that she/he or any member of her/his household has

no Caste/Tribe. In such cases record Code - ‘4’ under this question.

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Please note that all persons should be assigned one of the Codes 1 to 4 in this

question. The classification of the Castes and Tribes will be done later by an expert

group.

Col.17: If code 1, 2 or 3 in Col.16, write the Name of Caste/Tribe. If code 4 in Col.16,

put “X”

For the person recorded as a Scheduled Caste i.e., Code `1‘ in column 16, write the

name of Scheduled Caste in full as given in the List of Scheduled Castes pertaining to

your State/UT supplied to you in the space provided under this question.

For the person recorded as Scheduled Tribe i.e., Code ‘2’ in column 16, write the

name of Scheduled Tribe in full as given in the List of Scheduled Tribes pertaining to

your State/UT supplied to you in the space provided under this question.

If the person belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe returns her/his

caste or tribe by a synonym or generic name of a caste or a tribe, it should be reckoned as

Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe only if that name finds place in the list furnished to

you. Similarly, if the answer to this question is in general terms, like Harijan/Girijan or

Achhut/Adivasi, you should not record the person enumerated as belonging to the

Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe straight away. In such a case, you should ascertain the

name of the caste/tribe fully and if that name finds place in your list, you should reckon

the person as belonging to the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribe. If a person insists

on calling herself/himself merely ‘Harijan’ or ‘Achhut’ or ‘Adivasi’ or 'Girijan’ or repeats

the synonym or generic name of a caste or tribe not appearing in the lists provided, please

tell her/him that this description is not adequate and persuade her/him to give the actual

name of the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribe, as the case may be. This may bring

out the actual name of the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribe. If the person merely

claims to be a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, but says that she/he does not belong

to any of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes applicable to the area, as reflected in the

list supplied to you, she/he will not be reckoned as belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a

Scheduled Tribe.

For the person who is neither Scheduled Caste nor Scheduled Tribe and for whom

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you have recorded Code ‘3’ i.e., ‘Others’ in column 16, write the Caste/Tribe name as

reported by the respondent.

In some religions, there may not be identifiable groups called ‘Castes/Tribes’ but

at the same time, there may exist identifiable groups known by different names that are

equivalent to ‘Castes/Tribes. If the respondent says that she/he or any member of her/his

household belongs to particular group and wishes to return the name of that particular

group as her/his Caste/Tribe, please record the same against that person in Col.17.

If the respondent says that the Caste/Tribe name of the person being enumerated is

not known and for whom you have recorded code ‘3’ in Column 16, write ‘Not known’ in

Column 17.

For the person recorded as ‘No Caste/Tribe’ i.e., Code ‘4’ in column 16, put a

cross “X” in column 17.

It is difficult to define ‘Caste’ or ‘Tribe’ in the changing social situation. Persons

may report the sub-caste, sub-tribe, clan name, sect, sub-sect, surname, title etc. as their

Caste/Tribe name. You should not attempt to classify or categorise. For the purposes of

this question you have to write whatever name is reported by the respondent.

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SIDE B:

Household Particulars

Block: E. There are three section and each section has multiple questions with reply to

be entered ate probing the household

Block F: Mandatory declaration

At the end of the canvassing the enumerator should ask the following specific question to

the respondent:

“Is the Household giving its consent to place the information in public domain, except

data on religion and Caste/Tribe? (1=Yes, 2=No)” Then appropriate code should be

given. Yes-1, No-2.

Section-1

Housing/ Dwelling

Section-2

Amenities

Section - 3

Assets Does the household own the following assets (Give code)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Pre

dom

inan

t m

ater

ial

of

wal

l of

the

dw

elli

ng r

oo

m (

s) (

Giv

e co

de)

Pre

dom

inan

t m

ater

ial

of

roo

f o

f th

e d

wel

lin

g r

oom

(s)

(G

ive

cod

e)

Ow

ner

ship

sta

tus

of

this

house

(G

ive

code)

1=

Ow

ned

, 2

=R

ente

d, 3

=S

har

ed, 4

=L

ivin

g o

n p

rem

ises

wit

h e

mplo

yer

, 5

=H

ouse

pro

vid

ed

by

em

plo

yer

, 6

=A

ny o

ther

Num

ber

of

dw

elli

ng r

oo

ms

excl

usi

vel

y i

n p

oss

essi

on o

f th

is h

ou

seho

ld (

Rec

ord

0,1

,2,3

…)

Avai

lab

ilit

y o

f dri

nkin

g w

ater

so

urc

e:

1=

Wit

hin

the

pre

mis

es,

2=

Nea

r th

e p

rem

ises

, 3

=A

way

Mai

n s

ourc

e o

f li

gh

ting

:

1=

Ele

ctri

city

, 2

=K

ero

sen

e, 3

=S

ola

r, 4

=O

ther

oil

, 5

=A

ny o

ther

, 6=

No l

ighti

ng

Wat

er-s

eal

latr

ine

excl

usi

vel

y f

or

the

house

ho

ld (

1=

Yes

, 2=

No)

Was

te w

ater

ou

tlet

co

nn

ecte

d t

o

1=

Clo

sed

dra

inag

e, 2

=O

pen

dra

inag

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=N

o d

rain

age

Sep

arat

e ro

om

use

d a

s k

itch

en e

xcl

usi

vel

y f

or

the

ho

use

hold

(1=

Yes

, 2

=N

o)

Ref

rig

erat

or

(1=

Yes

; 2

=N

o)

Tel

eph

one/

Mo

bil

e ph

one:

Yes

: 1

=L

andli

ne

on

ly,

2=

Mo

bil

e on

ly,

3=

Both

/

4=

No

Com

pu

ter/

Lap

top

:

Yes

: 1

=W

ith i

nte

rnet

, 2

=W

ithou

t In

tern

et/

3=

No

Mo

tori

zed W

hee

lers

(1=

Tw

o,

2=

Thre

e w

hee

ler,

3=

Four

wh

eele

r; 4

=N

o)

A.

C.

(1=

Yes

; 2=

No)

Was

hin

g m

achin

e (1

=Y

es;

2=

No)

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Block: E

SECTION -1:

HOUSING/ DWELLING CHARACTERISTICS

(Q 1-4) This section (Q.No1-4) collects information about the house in which the household

resides.

The questions on housing/dwelling need not be canvassed for the houseless households.

Column 1 – Predominant material of wall of the dwelling room (s)

For ascertaining the material of wall, 1-9 and '0' codes have been provided at the bottom

of the schedule. In order to determine the material of wall you have to take into account

the material out of which the major portion of the walls of the house is made and enter the

appropriate code. You will notice that the material of wall bearing codes 1 to 5 denote

materials that are not of a permanent nature. The remaining materials bearing codes 6 to 9

are of a permanent nature. Very often it is difficult to determine the material of the wall

on account of the outside surface being plastered and painted. In such cases you will have

to ascertain from the respondent about the predominant material of the wall and note

down the correct code. For example, the wall may be made of mud or unburnt brick.

However, it may be plastered with cement and painted. In such cases it would be difficult

to know whether the code to be given is '3' or '8'.

Similarly, walls may be made of loose stones. If the stones are not packed with lime or

cement mortar code '5' is to be given. If walls are made of stones duly packed with lime or

cement mortar then code '6' is to be given. In some regions Ekra is used as a material for

the construction of walls, in such cases code '4' (Wood) will be entered under this column.

Ply boards/laminated boards etc. are to be considered as wood. If the wall is made of

cement bricks, you have to give code '8'.If the respondent expresses ignorance about the

wall material and at the same time it is not identifiable, code '0' i.e., 'Any other' may be

recorded. In short, the predominant material of the wall should be ascertained and the

correct code assigned.

Note: In North-Eastern & Hilly States, you may find walls of dwelling rooms with

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half concrete and half bamboo and mud with plaster. It is a prevalent practice

especially in North- East which may be non-conventional but permanent in nature.

In such cases you will have to ascertain from the respondent about the predominant

material of the wall and note down the correct code which denote materials that are

of a permanent nature i.e. code ‘9’.

Material of wall of the room Code

Grass/thatch/bamboo etc. 1

Plastic/Polythene 2

Mud/unburnt brick 3

Wood 4

Stone not packed with mortar 5

Stone packed with mortar 6

G.I./metal/asbestos sheets 7

Burnt brick 8

Concrete 9

Any other 0

Column-2 – Predominant material of roof of the dwelling room (s)

For ascertaining the material of roof, 1-9 and '0' codes have been provided at the bottom

of the schedule. After ascertaining the predominant material of the roof, give the

appropriate code under this column. If the roof is mainly made of bricks or stones duly

packed with mud or cement or lime, the material of roof in such cases will not be mud or

cement or lime but it will be bricks or stones, as the case may be, which constitute the

fabric of the roof. Similarly, if the predominant roof material is shingle, this will be

equated with slate and code '7' will be entered.

For determining the material of the roof, you have to take into account the material used

for the outer roof exposed to the weather, and not the inside ceiling. This is especially

important in buildings having more than one floor. In some cases the entire house may be

having roof made of concrete. However, there may be a temporary construction whose

roof is made of thatch. In such cases the roof material should be taken as concrete even

though it is the thatch that is visible and exposed to the weather. Machine-made tiles at

Code No. '4' refers to all those type of tiles used as material for roof, which are

manufactured with the help of machines as against handmade (desi) tiles. Handmade tiles

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are also known by various names such as Penkulu, Kavelu, desi nalia, khaprail etc. in

different parts of the country. If the roof is made of cement tiles, code '4' is to be given.

Material of wall of the room Code

Grass/thatch/bamboo/wood/mud etc. 1

Plastic/Polythene 2

Hand made tiles 3

Machine made tiles 4

Burnt brick 5

Stone 6

Slate 7

G.I./metal/asbestos sheets 8

Concrete 9

Any other 0

Col 3: Ownership status of the house- Record the ownership status of the household

dwelling. Give the code 1 if the house is owned by the household, 2 if the house is

Rented and 3 if the house is Shared, 4 for living on premises with employer, 5 for House

provided by employer, and 6 for any other (like rent free accommodation or occupied

the unused houses etc)

Owned House - If a household is occupying the Census house owned by itself and is not

making payments in the form of rent to anyone, then the household may be considered as

living in owned house. A household living in a Flat or a house taken on 'ownership' basis

on payment of installments, should also be regarded as owning the house, notwithstanding

the fact that all the installments have not been paid. In all such cases, write '1' in this

column.

Rented House - If the household lives in a rented house write '2' in this column. A

housing unit is rented if rent is paid or contracted for by the household in cash or even in

kind. In a few cases, it may also be possible that the household has actually taken the

house on rent but not paying the rent on account of dispute with the owner or for some

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other reason. In this situation too, the household would be treated as living in a rented

house.

Shared House – If the Census House is shared or jointly owned by more than one

household (e.g., in the case of a joint family of two married brothers that form separate

households but jointly own /occupy the house or a married son staying with his parents

but forming a separate household), give code 3.

Living on premises with employer – If the household is living with the employer his

premises, give code 4.

House provided by employer: If a Household is living in a Census House provided by

the employer for which he is not paying rent, give code '5’. This will include the cases

where rent free accommodation is provided to employees by their employers.

Others - If the household lives in a house which is not covered in any of the above 5

categories, give code 6. This will include the cases where the household is living in

abandoned buildings, buildings under construction, caves and similar natural shelters etc.

Col. 4: Number of dwelling rooms exclusively in possession of this household

(Record 0,1,2,3…)

Write down the total number of rooms exclusively under his possession. In the case of

multiple households living in one house (but with separate kitchens), the total number of

rooms will include those for exclusive use by the household and common rooms shared

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with other households that common rooms will not be counted with any household. In

case the household owns more than one house, enter the total number of rooms

exclusively in his possession in the house in which the household currently resides.

Record the number of dwelling rooms as 0,1,2,3,4----------.

Dwelling Room

A room is treated as a dwelling room if it has walls with a doorway and a roof and should

be wide and long enough for a person to sleep in. In other words, there is no minimum

size of the dwelling room as it is any room mainly used by the household for sleeping.

A dwelling room would include living room, bedroom, dining room, drawing room, study

room, servant's room and other habitable rooms. Kitchen, bathroom, latrine, store room,

passageway and verandah which are not normally usable for living are not considered as

dwelling rooms. A room, used for multipurpose such as sleeping, sitting, dining, storing,

cooking, etc. is regarded as a dwelling room. But if a garage or servant quarter is used by

a servant and if she/he also lives in it as a separate household then this has been

considered as a dwelling room available to the servant’s household.

One is likely to come across conical shaped hut or tent in which human beings reside. In

such improvised accommodation, there will be no four walls to a room and therefore, the

above definition would not strictly apply to such types of accommodation. But, in fact, in

the conical shaped hut or tent, the roof itself is built up to the floor level which also serves

as a wall. Thus, in such cases, the tent or conical hut, etc., may by itself construed to be a

room. Tent or conical shaped hut if used for living by any household is also considered as

dwelling room.

A room used for multi purposes such as sleeping, sitting, dining, storing, cooking, etc.,

should be regarded as a dwelling room. The room(s) used for purposes other than

residence will not be recorded as a dwelling room. In another situation when there is only

one room in a Census house used as a shop or office but the household also stays in it then

record zero ( '0' ) in column 4, Side B.

A dwelling room which is shared by more than one household will not be counted for any

of them. In other words, only dwelling room exclusively in the possession of the

household will be counted. For example, if two households share a single dwelling room

and therefore neither has a dwelling room exclusively, enter zero (‘0’ ) under this column

for each of the households. If two households have a dwelling room each but in addition

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also share a common dwelling room, then the common room will not be counted for either

of the households.

Section - 1

Housing/Dwelling

Predominant

material of wall of

dwelling room

(Give code)

Predominant

material of roof

of dwelling room

(Give code)

Ownership status of

this house (Give code)

1=Owned, 2=Rented,

3=Any other

Number of dwelling rooms

exclusively in possession of

this household (Record

1,2,3…)

1 2 3 4

3 3 1 3

Codes

Col.1 Predominant material of Wall

of dwelling room

Col.2 Predominant material of Roof of

dwelling room

1=Grass/thatch/bamboo etc.

2=Plastic/polythene

3=Mud/unburnt brick

4=Wood

5=Stone not packed with mortar

6=Stone packed with mortar

7=G.I./metal/asbestos sheets

8=Burnt brick

9=Concrete

0=Any other

1=Grass/thatch/bamboo/wood/mud etc.

2=Plastic/polythene

3=Hand made tiles

4=Machine made tile

5=Burnt brick

6=Stone

7=Slate

8=G.I./metal/asbestos sheets

9=Concrete

0=Any other

Sanjay has a own 3 room house with

mud/unburnt brick wall and roof with

handmade tiles

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SECTION 2

Housing Amenities of Household (Col. 5-9)

This section (Col. 5-9) focuses on household amenities available with the household like

Column 5: Availability of Drinking Water Source

Please give the codes as mentioned below for availability of drinking water source:

Within Premises - Code 1 : The type of drinking water source is treated as available

within the premises, if the drinking water source is located within the house or within the

premises of the census house where the household lives.

Near the Premises – Code 2 : The type of drinking water source is considered available

`Near the premises' only if the drinking water source is located within a range of 100

meters from the premises of the census house in urban areas.

Away - Code 3: For the households living in urban areas, the type of drinking water

source is considered `Away' if the drinking water source is located beyond 100 metres

from the premises of the census house.

Column 6: Main Source of Lighting

Please give the codes as mentioned below for main sources of lighting:

1= Electricity

2=Kerosene

3=Solar

4=Other Oil

5= Any other

6=No Lighting

You have to find out the main source of lighting used by the household and give the

appropriate code in this column. Enter code '1' (electricity), whether the electric

connection for lighting is legal or not. Other oil (code '4') as a source of lighting includes

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both edible and non-edible oils used for lighting. If, in exceptional circumstances, the

household does not use any source of lighting enter code '6'.

Column 7: Water-seal latrine exclusively for the household

Please give the codes as mentioned below for availability of water-seal latrine

exclusively for the household:

1=Yes

2=No

“Water-seal latrine” means a latrine in which waste/ excreta is flushed by water

into an underground disposable system and not required to be removed by human

agency..

Column 8: Waste Water-Outlet connections

Please give the codes as mentioned below:

1= Closed drainage

2=Open drainage

3=No drainage

Connectivity to closed drainage: The house is considered as having connectivity to

closed drainage, if it has water outlet connected to a closed drainage to carry away the

waste generated by the households living in it.

Connectivity to Open Drainage: The house is considered as having connectivity to open

drainage, if it has water outlet connected to an open drainage to carry away the waste

generated by the households living in it.

No Drainage Connectivity: Such of the houses where waste water outlets are not

connected to any drainage system to carry away the waste water are included in this

category.

Column 9: Separate Kitchen exclusively available for the household

If a Separate Kitchen room is exclusively available for use of the household only i.e. not

shared with any other household give code 1 otherwise give code 2.

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SECTION 3

ASSETS

(Col 10-15)

This section captures information on assets owned by the household.

Guidelines

What to include:

• Assets that are separately or shared/jointly owned by the household (e.g., in the

case of a joint family of two married brothers that live separately and

form separate households but jointly own a Four Wheeler – Col. 13 for both

households will record that the household owns a Four Wheeler)

• Assets bought on loans/installments but owned by the household

• Assets received as gifts by the household

• Assets that worked or were in working condition at least at some point in the

past one year (even if not working at the time of the survey)

What not to include:

• Community owned assets are not to be included

• Assets that have not been functional even once in the past one year

Note: Do not enter the number of assets – only need to know whether or not the

household

(taking all members together) owns each of the listed types of assets.

Explanation of codes

There are six type of assets listed to be filled. Please give the codes as mentioned below

for availability of different types of assets owned by the household.

Column No. Asset Description

10 Refrigerator :

1=Yes;2= No

Refrigerators which work on electricity

irrespective of number of doors, technology

(frost-free etc), size

11 Telephone/Mobile Phone :

Yes : 1= Landline only;

2=Mobile only;

3=both;

4=No

Landline telephone (corded or cordless set).

This will include GSM, CDMA, WLL

(Wireless in Local Loop) or 3G mobile

phones. It can be post-paid or prepaid.

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12 Computer/Laptop : Yes

:1=with internet;

2=without internet;

3=No

Computer (Personal Computer or Laptop) of

any make and/or configuration.

13 Motorised Wheelers :

1=Two,

2=Three Wheeler;

3=Four Wheeler;

4=No

Two-Wheeler - Motor-cycle, scooter, battery

operated two-wheelers etc.

Three-Wheeler - Auto-rickshaw (Vikram,

Magic, Ace, Force), any other three wheeler

(CNG/Petrol/Diesel/Battery operated etc).

Four Wheeler - Cars, mini-vans, mini-cabs,

mini-trucks (four wheeler), trucks etc.

14 Air Conditioner AC :

1=Yes;

2=No

Air Conditioner of any make and/or

configuration

15 Washing Machine :

1=Yes;

2=No

Washing Machine of any make and/or

configuration

Block F : Mandatory declaration

At the end of the canvassing the enumerator should ask the following specific question to

the respondent:

“Is the Household giving its consent to place the information in public domain, except

data on religion and Caste/Tribe? (1=Yes, 2=No)” Then appropriate code should be

given. Yes-1, No-2.

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Then, the enumerator should record appropriate code on whether she/he agrees with the

responses given by the respondent. This will be recorded in Question 2 of Block F,

“Does the enumerator agree with the responses given by the respondent? (1=Yes, 2=No).

If the answer is No, the detailed reason should be recorded in Question 3 of Block F

within 100 characters.

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Annexure-I

List of material in the Enumerators toolkit

a) Cloth Bag for carrying all the items,

b) Hard copies of the Urban schedule of SECC from where enumerator will canvas

questions

c) List of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes of the State/ UT

d) Board for keeping the Hand held device – A4 size,

e) Ball pen of good quality (not gel pen) for writing acknowledgement slip – 2,

f) Colored Chalk – 1 Box (for House-numbering),

g) Ink pad – 1 (for thumb impression from respondents, if required),

h) Small marker pen for writing building number/ census house number – 1,

i) Stickers for showing completion of Census work (150 stickers, to be supplied

to enumerators engaged in Socio-Economic and Caste Census)

j) Acknowledgement Slip booklet(s)

k) Enumerator's Abstract

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Annexure II

Basic steps for Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 1. All the operations are based on Login ID & password.

2. Master Directory for the location code up-to House Listing Block level is already loaded in the server.

3. All the NPR images of all the House Listing Block of that Charge are loaded on the server.

4. Images are converted in JPEG format.

5. Now you have to select the household wise images from the Houselisting Block.

Following things have to be entered from the Abridge House List (AHL):

a. If there is any code/Image/Directory mismatch that should be corrected on

the basis of the Name of the Village/Town. This has to be recorded on the

Database/logs.

b. Enter the Slum Block Code for this sub-EB from Charge register (only for

Statutory town)

c. Index the Image with Household Number written in column 6 of Section 2

of AHL and check the name of the Head. For an existing Household, name

of the Head in AHL should generally match with the name of Head or any

other member of the household during NPR. If not, then this must be

recorded in the database. d. Enter EB Number and Sub-Block from Cover-page/ Section-1 / Top of

Section 2 of the AHL. e. Enter Serial number of household from Column 8 of Section 2 or 3 or

Column 6 of Section 4 of AHL as the case may be. f. Ensure the highest serial number of Household available in section 3 /

section 4 of AHL is entered in the Database of each EB and sub-block. However, images will be available only for households written in Section 2

of the AHL. The same for households in Section 3 or Section 4 will not be

available.

g. Ensure that all the information as listed above is entered for all the

households of this House Listing Block.

h. Generate the statistics for number of Households for each EB and Sub-

Block.

i. Register the MAC address of the Tablet PC (recording into Database)

along-with the Enumerator, operator ID and export the JPEG Images

(Encrypted Image), Index, Directory of the Household of the EB/Sub-

Block to the Tablet PC. In any case there should not be more than one

EB/Sub-Block in one Tablet PC at a given point of time.

6. On Tablet PC, Login should be ID and Password based. Based on the location

code, Rural or Urban Questionnaire will be displayed. All the images of the EB/sub-block will be loaded in the Tablet. In addition, all images of the

Houselisting Block which could not be tagged to any EB/sub-block will also be loaded in the Tablet, for checking and identifying at field.

7. Once login id and password is entered into client, Tablet PC will show the screen for inputting/selecting the Serial no. of household from AHL. In case of any

confusion, operators will be able to see the images of the other households in that EB/sub-block.

8. Based on Serial no. of household entered, either image will be displayed or a fresh

screen will be displayed depending on whether the serial no. is in Section 2 / 3 or 4

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of the AHL. If any new household has come after Population Enumeration,

enumerator will specifically seek fresh serial number of household. This will be in

continuation to the highest serial no. entered against that EB/sub-block. The new

Household number will be Plus one of the Highest serial no. of household and now

this will become the Highest serial no. of household. A similar procedure will also

be followed for split households found in the same EB/sub-block. Rest of the

things are already listed in the flow chart.

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If image Exists

(found)

Flow Chart for Direct Capturing of Socio Economic Data from Field

Yes

INPUT -1: NPR HLB Wise Image Database

INPUT -2: NPR Scanned HLB wise Location Code (R/U)

Pickup the Images using BEL software (charge wise

Rural / Urban on district level) convert in JPEG

Re conciliation and Data entry from AHL Part 2, 3 & 4 and

Port EB/sub-block Data on PDA.

Pickup desired Household--- based on serial no. of

Household. Select Household one by one.

All individuals in the selected image will be displayed in a

scrolling fashion and corresponding data for the member can be

added

Status can be updated for any member who have

migrated / Died/Not available.

In case of new member i.e. member not in the image,

new member can be added along with all fields in the image

as well as new data.

START

After end of current house hold, this image will not

appear for selection.

Index all images on unique House Hold Number

(EB)

END

Is there any

Household left?

Yes

No

No

Transfers the Data to Server with Database Updation and

remove the image/Data File from PDA after reconciliation.

Check is it in the

AHL if yes copy

HHNO otherwise

In case of new

house or new

household, the

information will

be entered for the

fields in image as

well as current

Annexure III

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Annexure IV

Roles and Responsibilities of Enumerator in the Socio Economic and Caste Census

As an enumerator, you are performing a duty which is of great national

importance. You are privileged to be an enumerator. At the same time, your

responsibilities are great. You have to fulfil them with a sense of pride and devotion to

duty. Before undertaking the enumeration work, you are expected to establish proper

rapport with the people of your area by contacting elderly and prominent persons and

explaining to them the purpose of your visit. You have been issued an Appointment Letter

and an Identity Card. You should always display your identity card whenever you go for

enumeration work. When you visit any household, never rush through the questionnaire.

Always approach the respondent with a smile and proper salutation. Explain briefly the

objective of your visit and then proceed with your brief introduction. Your friendly

appearance, courtesy and a few well chosen words can put the respondent at ease and in a

right state of mind to answer all your

questions willingly and correctly. This will also make your job easier, interesting and

useful.

In order to ensure complete coverage of all the buildings and houses, households

and persons during the Socio Economic and Caste Census, it would be necessary to locate

and identify each and every house and structure in your Enumeration Block along with all

such places where houseless population may live. Therefore, it would be essential for you

to go round the block or village or area assigned and become familiar with it and its main

features. The main duties of an Enumerator before, during and after conduct of the Socio

Economic and Caste Census are detailed below :

Duties before the Socio Economic and Caste Census

(i) Attend the training classes, study the Questionnaire and manual carefully and

understand them thoroughly. If any part of instruction is not clear, ask your trainer for

clarification.

(ii) Obtain all the material needed for the Socio Economic and Caste Census which also

includes the List of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes pertaining to your State before

you leave the training centre at the end of the last training session.

Duties during the Socio Economic and Caste Census

(i) Go round the Enumeration Block and identify its boundaries and other land marks with

the

help of the particulars contained in the Abridged Houselist (AHL) of your Enumeration

Block.

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(ii) Update and prepare the layout map of your Enumeration block with the Census layout

Map provided to you.

(iii) Visit each and every house without exception and have the information entered in the

handheld Device correctly and completely.

(iv) Simultaneously update Section 3 of the Abridged Houselist, record buildings/census

Houses/households not covered in any of the Sections 2, 3 or 4 but found by you during

the Socio Economic and Caste Census in Section 3 of the AHL, also update Section 4 by

identifying the places where houseless population was found staying during the Socio

Economic and Caste Census.

(v) Enumerate the houseless population on the designated days.

(vi) Serial number of household is to be assigned for each newly found households. For

normal and institutional households, assign serial number(s) after the highest serial

number of household already noted in Section 3 of the AHL. For newly found houseless

households, assign serial numbers in continuation to the highest serial number assigned

during the Socio-Economic and Caste Census in Section 3.

Duties after the Socio Economic and Caste Census

(i) Ensure that the entire area assigned to you is covered by visiting all the buildings,

houses and households falling within your Enumeration Block.

(ii) Fill up the Working Sheet for preparing Enumerator's Abstract (three separate sets;

one each for normal, institutional and houseless households).

(iii) Prepare Enumerator's Abstract (in duplicate).

(iv) Handover the Certificate of complete coverage, acknowledgement slip booklet (s)

with all the used and unused slips and inventory of used/unused material to your

supervisor.

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Annexure-V

Guidelines for Numbering of Buildings/Census Houses

House Numbering means ensuring that each and every Building and the Census House located in your Enumeration Block bears a systematically assigned number. While

allotting numbers to buildings and Census houses in your Enumeration Block, you are likely to come across three situations:

i) where buildings or Census houses are numbered systematically by the

municipal or local authorities;

ii) where numbers to open sites are given on property basis but there are number

of sites where the buildings have not so far been constructed or where building

numbers are existing but incomplete and not systematic, and

iii) no numbering to buildings or Census houses exists.

In the first case you can adopt the numbering of buildings or Census houses

already given by the municipal or local authorities. In all other case please follow the

following instructions

(a) Assigning number to buildings

(i) If an Enumeration Block consists of a number of streets, the buildings in various streets should be numbered continuously. Streets should be taken in

uniform order from North-West to South-East. The best way of numbering buildings is to continue with one consecutive serial on one side of the street

and complete numbering on that side before crossing over to the end of the other side of the street and continuing with the same series, stopping finally

opposite to where the first number was allotted.

(ii) If in an Enumeration Block or part of an Enumeration Block, the pattern of

housing is such that the buildings are scattered or located in clusters or located

in isolated parts like fields, boundaries of the village/Enumeration Block,

along the side of a railway track or a canal/river/nala, then to the extent

possible, building numbers should be assigned by following the method

described at (i) above. However, if it is not possible to follow the procedure

laid down at (i) above, it should be ensured that all the buildings are numbered

and the direction in which the building numbers are assigned should be

indicated by arrow marks on the Layout Map wherever the number jumps.

(iii) In an Urban Enumeration Block, the numbering will generally run along the

axis of street and not in any arbitrary geographical direction.

(iv) Arabic numerals, i.e., 1, 2, 3… etc., should be used for building numbers. (v) A building under construction, the roof of which has been completed should be

given a number in the serial. (vi) If a new building is found after the house numbering has been completed or in

the midst of buildings already numbered, it should be given a new number which may bear a sub-number. For example, if a building is found un-

numbered or a new building has come up between building number 10 and 11, the same should be numbered as 10/1. These should not be numbered as 10(1)

or 10(2) etc., as such numbering would apply to Census houses within the

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same building. On the other hand, 10/1 would mean a separate building that

has come up after building number 10.

(b) Assigning number to Census houses

Each Census house should be numbered. If a building by itself is a single Census

house, then the number of the Census house will be the same as the building number. But if different parts or constituent units of a building qualify to be treated as separate Census

houses, then each Census house should be given a sub-number within brackets after the building number as 10(1), 10(2), etc., or 11(1), 11(2), 11(3), etc.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF LAYOUT MAP:

i) Before going to field for identifying your Enumeration Block, you should

ensure that full Location Particulars like Name of the State/UT, Name of the

District, Name of the Tahsil/ Taluk/ P.S/ Development Block/ Circle/ Mandal

etc., Name of the Town /Village, Number of the Ward, Enumeration Block and

sub-block Number are with you. Normally, these particulars would be

available in the order appointing you as the Enumerator issued by the Charge

Officer (usually Municipal Commissioner in Urban areas and Tahsildar in

Rural areas). For ensuring complete coverage of all Buildings, Census Houses

and Households living in them, it is essential for you to ensure that the

boundary of the area allotted to you is quite clear. This is possible by preparing

a Layout Map of your Enumeration Block. Please remember that If you have been assigned more than one Enumeration Block, the Layout Map for each

Enumeration Block would be prepared separately. Similarly, the other records of each Enumeration Block will also be prepared separately. In this map you

have to show clearly the boundaries of the Enumeration Block and important features and landmarks such as roads, railway lines, hills, rivers, ponds, places

of worship, important buildings such as school, dispensary, post office, panchayat ghar, etc. You also have to draw the different streets and lanes and

mark structures in the Enumeration Block. By doing so you will become

thoroughly familiar with the area of the Enumeration Block assigned to you.

The symbols by which the important land marks in your Block are to be shown

are indicated in the legend of the sheet provided to you for preparing the layout

map.

ii) The layout map will have to be prepared for each Rural and Urban

Enumeration Block. It is important that the dividing lines between one

Enumeration Block and another are clearly demarcated. Such dividing lines

should follow some natural boundaries wherever possible and you should also

indicate the survey numbers that fall on either side of the dividing line or the

name(s) of the owner(s) of the land(s) or the name of the property etc., to

indicate the Block's boundary line. In case of bigger villages having more than

one Enumeration Block, the concerned Supervisory Officer will ensure that boundaries of each Enumeration Block are clearly demarcated. It is important

that layout map should clearly indicate the boundaries of the Enumeration Block in such villages by way of permanent features such as road, river, canal,

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railway line, locality, street, etc., and of the number or name of neighbouring

Enumeration Blocks or villages as the case may be. The very purpose is to

ensure that no part or cluster of houses in such a village is left out from the

Enumeration. At the same time no part or cluster of houses should be

accounted for simultaneously in two Enumeration Blocks. In forest villages

there may be clusters of habitation in different parts of the forest. The name of

the habitation cluster, if any, should be written. iii) It would be also necessary to mark any nearby permanent feature such as a

stream, hill, road, etc., to identify the cluster as it is likely that some of the tribal habitations may change their locations now and then. This is to ensure

that all habitations in the forest areas are covered in the Enumeration. iv) In the case of estates, plantations etc., it would be advisable to contact and find

out from the estate or plantation authorities about the boundaries of the village or area allotted to you. You should then visit the area and draw the layout map.

v) The preparation of the layout maps in Urban areas should essentially follow

the same procedure as in the Rural areas except that in most Urban units the

draughtsman of the Municipal Administration might have already prepared

town maps perhaps even to scale, and these may come in extremely handy. It

has been found from experience that the boundaries of towns are sometimes

loosely defined and not properly demarcated giving rise to several doubts

regarding the areas lying on the outskirts of towns. It is important that the map

should very clearly indicate the boundaries by means of definite survey

numbers and also other permanent features. Sometimes, one side of the road

may fall within the town limits and the other side gets excluded as it may be

outside the defined boundary of the town. All these points should be carefully

verified on the ground before the maps are certified to be correct by the

supervising authorities. Cases of sub-urban growth adjoining the limits of a town and such cases as one side of a street falling outside the limit of a town

should be brought to the notice of the superior officers who will have to ensure that such built up areas are properly accounted for within the administrative

unit in which they fall. In Urban areas very detailed plans showing the location of every building along every road and street in your Enumeration Block

should be clearly prepared. A layout map of your Enumeration Block should be prepared in which all the roads and streets should be clearly indicated and

their names also written. Then each building and house should be located on

this map. It will facilitate your work and of others if the wholly non-residential

houses are distinguished from the residential houses by hatching. Here again

the important permanent buildings such as say, town hall, large office building,

court building, post office, hospital, school, church, market building, shopping

mall, etc., should be indicated on the map. For those Enumeration Blocks

which already have a satisfactory house numbering system, you should adopt

the same for preparation of Layout map referred to above and assign the same

house numbers on the Layout Map. But if there is no proper house numbering

system in the Enumeration Block, you will be required to assign numbers to

the houses both on the buildings/Census houses as well as in the layout map of

your Enumeration Block.

vi) NOTE : In certain urban areas (in respect of State/UT capital cities), you may have been provided with GIS based Enumeration Block map. In such a case

you are also required to carry them to the field and update the Map as per the guidelines given along with the GIS maps.

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vii) In rural areas, Supervisors have been provided with Maps showing the Village

Boundaries. It is essential that all the Enumeration Blocks carved out during

Population Enumeration stage should be shown in the Village Map. In case the

Enumeration Blocks assigned to a Supervisor spread across more than one

village, then the Supervisor should get copies of all these villages and depict

the Enumeration Blocks correctly.

viii) In the layout map every single building will be shown. The idea behind depicting each building on the layout map is to identify each type of building

by showing Pucca and Kutcha structure denoted by a particular box described

hereinafter. Pucca buildings will be shown by a square and Kutcha

building by a triangle .You will find that some of these buildings are used

as wholly or partly residential while others are wholly non-residential. In case

of wholly non-residential Pucca buildings the square will be hatched such as

while in case of non-residential Kutcha buildings the triangle will be

hatched such as .

Examples of different situations along with the boxes are given below :

- Pucca building, whether wholly or partly residential

- Pucca building, wholly non-residential

- Kutcha building, whether wholly or partly residential

- Kutcha building, wholly non-residential.

ix) For the purpose of preparation of layout map, a Pucca building may be treated as

one which has its walls and roof made of the following materials:

Wall material : Stones (duly packed with lime or cement mortar),

G.I/metal/asbestos sheets, Burnt bricks, Cement bricks, Concrete.

Roof material : Machine-made tiles, Cement tiles, Burnt bricks, Cement bricks,

Stones, Slate, G.I./Metal/Asbestos sheets, Concrete.

x) Once you are familiar with the system of classifying buildings as Pucca or Kutcha, it

would be easier to show them in the layout map. If building number 9 in your

Houselisting Block is a Pucca building used wholly or partly for residential purpose it

will be shown as 9 while wholly non-residential Pucca building number 10 will be

shown as . Similarly a Kutcha building number 15 used for wholly or partly

residential purposes will be shown as 15 and wholly non-residential Kutcha building

6 will be shown as .

xi) After having shown the boundary of the Enumeration Block and the permanent

features and landmarks such as roads, railway line, river, canal, places of

worship, important buildings like school, dispensary, etc. on the layout map,

you have to update/re-number buildings and Census houses and ensure that

each and every building and Census house in your Enumeration Block is

assigned a number. The manner in which the buildings and Census houses are to be numbered is given in the preceding paragraphs. You have to give

numbers with long lasting material supplied to you. These numbers will be

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shown at the prominent places on the buildings and Census houses and

simultaneously shown on the layout map. For example, if building number 1

has 3 Census houses, then it should be shown as follows :

xii) You have to assign the number to each building on the Layout Map, whether

Pucca or Kutcha and show building number in the square/triangle. If the

building has more than one Census house, the number of Census houses

comprising that building will be shown immediately below the appropriate

square/triangle of that building. For example, if building number 5 has four

Census houses, then while showing 5 within the square/triangle of the building, Census houses 5(1) – 5(4) will be indicated below the square/triangle

of that building. In case the building has only one Census house, the building and the Census house will be same and therefore the Census house number

need not be separately shown below the prescribed square/triangle of that building. In case the building has one Census house, which is wholly used for

non-residential purpose, the prescribed square/triangle of the building will be

hatched and the building/Census house number shown in it. Remember that the

building or Census house numbers marked on the layout map should conform

with the number put on some prominent place like door, front wall, main gate,

etc., of the building or the Census house. The number allotted to each building

should be marked on the layout map and with the help of arrow marks at

convenient intervals, especially where the building number jumps, the

direction in which the building numbers run should be indicated. This is

particularly important when streets cut across one another and the building

numbering series along a street get interrupted. It will be of advantage if before

giving number to buildings and Census houses, the numbers for a group of

buildings in one locality are roughly marked in pencil on the layout map before

moving to another group of buildings or locality within that Enumeration Block. This must be later verified with the actual situation on the ground to see

if the order of numbering given in the layout map is as per the guidelines given in the preceding paragraphs or any change is needed. Having satisfied yourself

that the numbering has gone on right lines for that locality or group of buildings you should ink them. Thereafter you may move to next locality or

group of buildings for house numbering in the prescribed manner. xiii) Specimen layout map for Rural and Urban areas are given at the end of this

chapter.

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Annexure-VI

Updating the Abridged Houselist (AHL)

The EBs carved out during the population enumeration phase of Census 2011 would be

used for the Socio Economic and Caste Census also. For easier understanding, a small

flow-chart is given below to describe the two stages of field-work of the Population

Census 2011, preparation and updating of the AHL.

8. During the HLO phase of Census, the Houselisting and Housing Census Schedule was

canvassed in each household (excluding the houseless) and the NPR Schedule was

canvassed in each normal household of a HLB. As already explained, after Houselisting,

EB/sub-blocks were formed for population enumeration. Using the information of the

Houselisting Operations, for every EB/sub-block, an Abridged Houselist (AHL) was

prepared. This was updated during the field-work of population enumeration. A

photocopy of this updated AHL will be available for the SEC. The different Sections of

the AHL are:

a. Section 1: It contains all the location codes, namely, State, district, tehsil,

village/town, ward, EB and sub-block codes. It also contains the codes necessary

to link the HLB with the EB/sub-block.

b. Section 2: There are 10 columns in this Section. Each row of this Section

corresponds to one household. The columns give the building number, census

house number, name of the Head of the household, etc. The column headings are

self explanatory. All the census houses and households listed during the HLO

Before

Houselisting

Operations

Delineating

House-listing

Preparing

Charge

Register for

HLO & NPR

One row for

House-listing Operations

& NPR (HLO) (Apr-Sept

2010)

o One set of Schedules for

one HLB

o NPR Schedule also

canvassed during HLO

Before Population

Enumeration

Carving EB/sub-block

o EB size equal to HLB size

or less (for sub-blocks)

o Some EBs are new

Preparing

Revised Charge

Register

One row for one

EB

Preparing Abridged House-list

(AHL)

o One AHL for one EB

o Section 1 & 2 filled-in using

Population Enumeration (PE)

Updating AHL and canvassing

Household Schedule (Feb 2011)

o Section 2: updated during PE

o Section 3: New Census Houses and

households

Section 4: Houseless Households

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phase have been written here before the population enumeration. During the

population enumeration, the enumerator went with this list and updated it based

on actual field situation during the population enumeration phase with

accompanying remarks in Column 10 of this Section. Thus, against each

household noted in this Section and found during the PE, there is a ‘household

number’ in Column 6 and a serial number of household’ in Column 8. The entry

in Column 6, i.e., ‘household number’ corresponds to NPR image of that

household. The entry in Column 8, i.e., ‘serial number of household’ is a fresh

serial number assigned to all the households, normal, institutional or houseless,

found in the EB/sub-block during the PE. The highest serial number of household,

noted in the AHL will give the total number of households found in the EB/sub-

block during the PE.

c. Section 3: In this Section also, there are 10 columns, of which two are shaded,

since these are not applicable for the Population enumeration phase. All the new

households found during the population enumeration, were recorded in Section 3.

This also includes households formed due to splitting of an existing household,

provided the new household also resided within the same EB/sub-block.

d. Section 4: This Section has 6 columns. All the houseless households found during

the population enumeration phase of Census were recorded in this Section. In this

Section, Column 3 gives the name of the Head of the Household and Column 6

gives the serial number of the household.

e. Note that there is no ‘household number’ against households noted in Section

3 and Section 4 of the AHL. However, each of these households will have a

unique ‘serial number of household’.

f. Section 5: This gives a summary of the EB/sub-block, namely, total number of

households, total population, etc. as per the population enumeration, i.e., as on

00.00 hours of 1st March 2011.

g. Section 6: This Section is for the mandatory certificate to be furnished by the

enumerator assigned with the field-work of the EB/sub-block.

9. During the Socio-Economic and Caste Census, a copy of the updated AHL will be

supplied to the Charge Officer. The tasks assigned at the Charge Level and subsequently

by the enumerator are mentioned in the following paragraphs.

10. In the tehsil office, there will be a server where images of the NPR Schedule will be

loaded. As the NPR Schedules were canvassed during the HLO phase, these images have

the Houselisting Block number and household number noted during the HLO phase.

11. Usually, most of the households listed in the updated AHL will be available in Section 2

of the AHL. This means that these households were found during both the HLO and the

PE phases. At the tehsil office, personnel from the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) or

authorized by the BEL will compare the entries in the AHL with the images of the NPR.

Against each image, they will enter the following:

a. the household number recorded during the HLO,

b. the EB/sub-block number in which the household was listed in the AHL and

c. serial number of household recorded in Section 2 Column 8 of the AHL.

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12. There may be a few households in Section 3 and Section 4 of the AHL which were found

during the PE. For these households, there will not be any image. There may also be a few

households in Section 2 which have moved in a census house after the HLO phase was

over, but before the PE. For all these three types, no image will be available from the

NPR. For these households, only the EB/sub-block number (from Section 1), name of the

head of the household as per updated AHL (Column 7 of Section 2/ Column 7 of Section

3/ Column 5 of Section 4) and serial number of household (Column 8 of Section 2/

Column 8 of Section 3/ Column 6 of Section 4) will be entered at the Charge Office

server. This will tag all the households found during the PE to the EB/sub-block.

13. There may be a few images of a HLB which could not be tagged to any EB/sub-block.

Please note that usually, the first four digits of the EB/sub-block code will be same as the

4-digit HLB code. Thus, these images will have the HLB code and the household number

as per HLO but will not have any EB/sub-block no. and serial no. of household.

14. All the images tagged to a particular EB/sub-block along with all the name of head of

household and serial number of household tagged to that EB/sub-block, as explained

above, will be loaded in the hand-held device before commencement of field-work in an

EB/sub-block.

15. The enumerator will visit the field with the AHL and the accompanying data entry

operator will go with the hand held device pre-loaded with the images, name of head and

serial number of household. The enumerator will update the AHL and canvass the

questionnaire during the field-work of the Socio-Economic and Caste (SEC) Census.

16. Immediately after receipt of the AHL, the enumerator will put a red line after the last

household recorded in Section 3 and the last household recorded in Section 4 of the AHL.

If no household is listed in either of these Sections, the enumerator will put a red line on

the first row of both Section 3 and Section 4 of the AHL.

17. First, note that whenever a household listed in the AHL is found during the SEC

within the same EB/sub-block, its household number and serial number of household

will be kept same. The procedure of updating the AHL, using this fundamental principal,

in different field situations which one may encounter during the SEC is depicted below:

a. A household found in AHL is also found during the SEC in the same Census

house or another census house within the same EB/sub-block: This is expected

to be the most frequent case. In such a case, the enumerator will put a √ on the left

side (in Column 1) of the AHL against that household and continue to canvass the

questionnaire. There may be a few incidences where the head of the household or

some other members of the household have moved out the EB/sub-block or might

have unfortunately died and the remaining part of the household is in the EB/sub-

block. In such cases also, put a √ in Column 1. If the head of the household has

changed, encircle the old name and write the name of the new head in Column 7

of Section 2/3 (or Column 5 of Section 4) of the AHL.

b. A household found in AHL is also found during the SEC in the same EB/sub-

block, but some of the members of the household have mean-while formed

another household which also resides within the same EB/sub-block: In such a

case, the enumerator will first find the household which is living in the same

census house, failing which, the household where the head of the household is

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currently a member. After finding the same, a tick is to be given on the left hand

side and remark is also to be written as illustrated in Chapter 2. For the new

household, a fresh number is to be assigned which will be higher than the highest

serial number recorded so far in the AHL (and the Hand-held device), This serial

number will be generated when that remaining household is found in the EB/sub-

block. If the remaining part of the old household also resides in the same census

house, canvassing for this part may be done immediately after canvassing of the

old household is over. The entry for this new household is to be made in Section 3

of the AHL. In the remarks column of Section 3 also, write the remarks as

illustrated in Chapter 2. Writing remarks in both the places is mandatory since it

will help to subsequently identify both the part-households in subsequent visits.

Also note that there may be a few households where paying guests, domestic

servants or other workers were listed as members of the same household.

During the SEC, these paying guests, domestic servants or other workers

have to split from the parent household and fresh entry for them are to be

incorporated in the AHL with appropriate remarks as explained in Chapter

2.

c. A new household has moved in the EB/sub-block and there is no entry for

this household in the AHL: For these households, a new row will have to

entered in Section 3 of the AHL. For these households, fill-in all the columns like

building number, census house number, name of the head of the household and

serial number of the household (as generated in the hand-held device).

d. A new building/ census house is found in the EB/sub-block which is non-

residential: For each of these census houses, a fresh row will have to entered in

Section 3 of the AHL and all the columns like building number, census house

number and use of the census house is to be written. The columns 7 and 8 of the

AHL, i.e., name of the head of household and serial number of the household will

remain blank in these cases. Care may be taken to ensure that no person resides in

these census houses.

e. A census house is found in the EB/sub-block which was earlier residential but

has now become non-residential: Here, if the household has moved to another

census house within the same EB/sub-block, locate the household in the new

census house and rectify the entry regarding census house number in the AHL

against that household. However, if the household has moved out of the EB/sub-

block, put a ‘×’ in Column 1 against the row where the household has been noted

and specifically write the same in remarks as with codes as explained in Chapter

2. Note that the household number and serial number of household will remain

same in this case.

f. A household listed in the AHL has moved out of the EB/sub-block: For all

such households, put a ‘×’ in Column 1 and specifically write the remarks as

explained in Chapter 2. Also ensure that, in the hand-held device, similar

observation is noted against each member of the household.

g. New houseless households are found in the EB/sub-block: For such

households, write the details in Section 4 of the AHL following the same

procedure as explained in c above.

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Some examples of different cases on how to update the AHL is given below.

Socio-Economic & Caste Census

Updating Abridged Houselist- Steps

Case 1

Name of Head during field-

work is matching with

name of Head in AHL

•Put √ beside that row in Col. 1

•If head has changed, encircle the old

name and write the new name

Case 2

Head is dead but other

members of the household

found in the EB as a single

household

Note down status of each member in the remarks column of the AHL

Socio-Economic & Caste Census

Updating Abridged Houselist- Steps

Case:

Entry in AHL for new

household which was

not in this EB during

Population

Enumeration

Part of a household

which has split from

another household of

same EB

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A household listed in the AHL has moved out of the EB/sub-block

•For all such households, put a ‘×’ in Column 1

•Specifically note the same in remarks

•If this household was in Section 2, in the hand-held device, similar observation

should be noted against each member of the household (if image is available)

•If household was noted in Section 3 or Section 4, this should be noted against

that serial number of household

•Example: A household with 2 members have completely moved out of the EB

Updating AHL - Case 6Socio-Economic & Caste Census

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Note: Fill up the remarks on

designated day (s) of

enumeration

Updating AHL - Case 7Socio-Economic & Caste Census

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Annexure VII

Gender Issues in the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011

The Census approach is based on the self declaration model of the respondents. The

Instruction Manual for Enumerators says: If any female member of a household decides to

declare herself as a separate household, she should be treated as a separate household

(Chapter III Concepts and Definitions). It is therefore absolutely critical that the

enumerators are sensitized to issues that relate to the gender and power dynamics in the

Indian society which will normally prevent a woman to declare herself as a head of her

household even if she qualifies for the same.

A woman may not self report that she is a head of a household because by her social

upbringing she is taught to be subservient to a male in any circumstance. There have been

instances in earlier censuses where women have reported minor male children as the head

of their household in the absence of a male head of household who may have died, or

divorced or migrated. This was also observed by the observation team as it was observing

the pilot survey. It is therefore critical that the enumerator understands clearly when a

household could be recorded as a female headed household so that he/she can record

his/her observations separately in the space provided in the enumerator's form. The

supervisor can then visit these houses and verify the information.

What is a female headed household?

For the purpose of the Socio Economic and Caste Census, it is defined as:

� A household headed by a widow, a divorced/separated woman, a deserted woman,

a second wife, an unmarried woman.

� She would have a main responsibility of providing the economic resources to the

family. This responsibility is in addition to her responsibility of managing domestic work

and participation in community activities.

� Normally the absence of an adult male member would qualify a household to be listed

as a female headed household, however, if there are no adult male members between 16-

59 years, it is obvious that for all practical purposes it is a female headed household. .

� If a woman is living in a disharmonious relationship she may not have access to

benefits under government schemes and may not be able to get out of poverty or the

household. The enumerator should record such a woman as a separate household if she

wants to declare herself as a separate household.

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Why is it important to meaningfully track female headed households and improve

their access to rural development programmes?

� Numerous studies conducted in rural India have shown that the female headed

households are normally poorer than male headed households.

� Women heading these households are normally less educated than men in the village

and therefore their income earning possibilities are also not as good as the men. Education

of girls is not the priority of many rural households. Furthermore, existing market does

not allow women to access better economic work due to lack of mobility and also their

domestic responsibilities.

� When one compares the amount of cultivable land owned by rural households, female

headed households again come out as losers on the average. Because women do not own

property they cannot easily access credit and other resources that can lift them out of

poverty. Several studies have shown that both currently married as well as not

currently married female heads of households have significantly smaller land holdings

than their male counterparts.

� A widow or a divorcee could have fewer economic opportunities compared to

married women, even if other conditions are equal

This is why it is important to identify female-headed households in this Socio-

Economic and Caste Census 2011. Based on the information collected, poverty

alleviation efforts will be effectively targeted towards the poorest of the poor women

who will benefit from state funded rural welfare schemes.

A woman may not self disclose her individual need for state funded benefits

because of the social environment which makes her diffident but the enumerator could

note down observations keeping the above mentioned social realities in view as he/she

fills in :

� Identification particulars relating to head of household, marital status,

occupation. For example a woman may not self declare herself as a head of

household even though she is the only earning member.

� Household particulars relating to ownership status of house and number of

dwelling rooms in possession of the household. For example a widow living with an

extended family may not have any dwelling room in her possession.

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Annexure VIII

FAQ : Clarifications for questions on Caste / Tribe name

Question 1: If a person does not know her/his caste name then how to record

her/his caste name?

Please ascertain the name of the caste from knowledgeable members of the

household, especially from a member of the older generation. If any blood relation is

residing in the neighborhood, the respondent may ascertain the name of the caste from

her/him and intimate accordingly.

Question 2: If any member of the household informs that she/he does not know

the name of the caste, but she/he able to inform her/his surname, how to record it?

It is not possible to classify a number of surnames/titles into the exact castes from

which they come, as many surnames/titles are common among various castes (in

OBC, BC as well as in general Castes). For example, surnames like Singh, Sharma,

Verma, Prasad etc. can be from any caste. Therefore, the enumerator may request the

respondents to get the castes names from some knowledgeable person of the household

or some relatives and report accordingly. If the respondent does not know the caste

name, cannot not ascertain it from anybody and wants to record her/ his surname,

that may be recorded along with additional information on Caste, whatever the

respondent can provide, in the parenthesis. For example: Verma (Kayastha), Sharma

(Carpenter), Singh(Kurmi), Singh( Rajput), Prasad (Yadav), Prasad(Kumhar),

Manjhi Santhal), Manjhi(Machhuaralfishermen) etc.

Question 3: If an individual informs that neither she/he nor any household

member is aware of the name of the caste, how to record it?

First try to ascertain the caste name as explained above. However, if all the efforts

fail, record as "caste not known".

Question 4: If any respondent wants to record the names of her/his

Gotra/Clan/Varna as her/his caste name, how to record it?

Please make the respondent understand that Gotra/Clan/Varna is not the same as

caste with some suitable examples. For example, `Kashyap' is the name of a

Gotra, 'Murmu' is the name of a Clan of Santhal community or `Vaisya' is the

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name of one of the four fold Varna system. The member of `Kashyap' gotra may

belong to Peneri/ Kayastha/ Bramhin caste. A member of `Yadav' caste may suffix

her/his caste name after her/his name. The respondent may please be convinced that

by recording the gotra or varna name, there will be possibility that the returns may

not be classified in the exact caste to which the respondent belong.

Question 5: if some person wants to record herself/himself as an OBC/MBC/BC

in addition to recording caste name, what to do?

Suppose the person says that her/his caste is `Kumhar' and it is MBC, in such a

situation please record the same Kumhar (MBC) against the question `write name of

caste/tribe', i.e. at side A of question no 14 in rural/ side A of question no. 17 in

urban schedule. Please note that the part `MBC' is being written at the end within

bracket. This will be helpful in classification, particularly in cases when the same

name can appear for different caste groups. Similar procedure is to be followed

for OBCs, EBCs, BCs, etc. if the respondents want to record this status along with

their caste names.

Question 6: Will the caste/religion name be displayed in Local Register of Usual

Resident(LRUR)?

No, the religion and caste names will not be displayed. However, if some person declares

herself/himself as SC/ST, then her/his SC/ST status in question number 13 of

rural/question 16 of urban schedule will be displayed.

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Block E: Household Particulars Side - B

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)

Codes for Block E

Block F: Mandatory declarations

1. Is the household giving its consent to place the information in public domain, except data on religion and Caste/Tribe? (1=Yes, 2=No)

2. Does the enumerator agree with the responses given by the respondent? (1=Yes, 2=No)

3. If 'No' in Q. 2 of Block F, give detailed reason (Max 100 characters)

Section-2

Amenities

Section-1

Housing/ Dwelling

Nu

mb

er

of d

wellin

g r

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ms

exclu

sively

in

po

ssess

ion o

f th

is

ho

use

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ld (

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cord

0, 1

,2,3

…)

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ners

hip

sta

tus

of th

is h

ou

se (G

ive c

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e)

1=O

wn

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, 2=R

en

ted

, 3=Sh

are

d,

4=Li

vin

g o

n p

rem

ises

wit

h e

mplo

yer,

5=H

ou

se p

rovid

ed

by

em

plo

yer,

6

=A

ny o

ther

Pre

do

min

ant

mate

rial

of

roo

f of

the d

welli

ng r

oo

m (s)

(G

ive c

od

e)

Pre

do

min

ant

mate

rial

of

wall o

f th

e d

welli

ng r

oo

m (s)

(G

ive c

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e)

Co

mp

ute

r/La

pto

p:

Ye

s: 1

=W

ith

in

tern

et, 2

=W

ith

ou

t In

tern

et/

3=N

o

A. C

. (1

=Yes;

2=N

o)

Wash

ing m

ach

ine (

1=Yes;

2=N

o)

Wast

e w

ate

r o

utl

et

con

necte

d to

1=C

lose

d d

rain

age,

2=O

pen

dra

inage,

3=N

o d

rain

age

Mo

tori

zed W

heele

rs (

1=Tw

o,2

=Th

ree w

heele

r, 3

=Fou

r w

heele

r;

4=N

o)

Section - 3

Assets

Does the household own the following assets (Give

code)

Refr

igera

tor

(1

=Yes;

2=N

o)

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CASTE CENSUS 2011 - QUESTIONNAIRE - URBAN

Wate

r-se

al latr

ine e

xclu

sively

for

the h

ou

seh

old

(1=Yes,

2=N

o)

Col.1 Predominant material of Wall of

dwelling room

Col.2 Predominant material of Roof

of dwelling room

1=Grass/thatch/bamboo etc.

2=Plastic/polythene

3=Mud/unburnt brick

4=Wood

5=Stone not packed with mortar

6=Stone packed with mortar

7=G.I./metal/asbestos sheets

8=Burnt brick

9=Concrete

0=Any other

1=Grass/thatch/bamboo/wood/mud etc.

2=Plastic/polythene

3=Hand made tiles

4=Machine made tile

5=Burnt brick

6=Stone

7=Slate

8=G.I./metal/asbestos sheets

9=Concrete

0=Any other

Availab

ilit

y o

f d

rin

kin

g w

ate

r so

urc

e:

1=W

ith

in th

e p

rem

ises,

2

=N

ear

th

e p

rem

ises,

3

=A

way

Main

so

urc

e o

f ligh

tin

g:

1=Ele

ctr

icity,

2=K

ero

sen

e,

3=Sola

r, 4

=O

ther

oil,

5=A

ny o

ther,

6=N

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ligh

tin

g

Separa

te r

oom

use

d a

s ki

tchen e

xclu

sive

ly f

or

the h

ouse

hold

(1=Yes,

2=N

o)

Tele

ph

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e/M

ob

ile p

ho

ne:

Ye

s: 1

=La

nd

lin

e o

nly

, 2

=M

ob

ile

on

ly,

3=Bo

th/

4=N

o